http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/ Engadget Comments for Asus EcoBook touts bamboo casing http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/Mar 10th 2007 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/
P.S.- That laptop looks classy as hell]]>Mar 10th 2007 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/Mar 11th 2007 6:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/It matures in ~6-8 years and is ready to harvest, and just like hemp, is a much better resource to use for production of things like paper.
If the US would get it out of their head that bamboo is an invasive weed that is only good for taking over your yard and realize the proper way to cultivate it, we could save tons of "real" forests. It is just one more area we in the US lag behind other countries.
I will be buying this laptop. 100%. Not just because they claim to be eco, but I really like the way it looks. Take it any day over black or silver like everyone and their sister has.]]>Mar 10th 2007 8:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/
Bamboo is not a tree. It's a grass. The practical upshot being it grows about as easily and quickly as the average lawn. It doesn't take 25 years to cultivate a forest of bamboo; with some species, it only takes a year or so before you have 60 foot stalks.

It's far more environmentally friendly to use such a naturally recurring resource vs. something like plastic, which is chemical from start to finish and which requires all sorts of exhaust pollutants in the energy of actually producing it.

Not only that, but I think bamboo looks pretty awesome too. I've got it as a floor in one of my bedrooms, and I think this computer looks great. It seems to be growing in popularity in general; it's got the perfect mix of good looks and environmental sustainability.
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I can use it for a cutting board!]]>Mar 10th 2007 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/Mar 12th 2007 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/]]>Mar 10th 2007 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39029450,49288082-8,00.htm]]>Mar 11th 2007 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/Mar 11th 2007 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/Mar 11th 2007 12:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/Mar 11th 2007 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/Mar 11th 2007 3:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/... irritating indeed!!!]]>Mar 11th 2007 7:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/
I like the design, the material, some ideas like the power button that glows different according to the power usage, ... lovely :)]]>Mar 11th 2007 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/Mar 11th 2007 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/Mar 11th 2007 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_flooring

http://www.costco.com/Common/Search.aspx?whse=BC&topnav=&search=bamboo&N=0&Ntt=bamboo&cm_re=1-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search]]>Mar 11th 2007 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/
http://www.mingspantry.com/trcubo.html]]>Mar 11th 2007 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/Mar 11th 2007 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/Mar 12th 2007 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/asus-ecobook-touts-bamboo-casing/
Unless they're going all Apple on us and setting it up for, like, 2-finger click=right click or something. You never know, it's a bamboo laptop.

However you get at those right-click funktions, I want one of these.]]>Apr 1st 2007 10:50PM