Fujitsu's WoodShell laptop: go ahead hippie, hug it
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Apr 11th 2008 7:47AM
posted Apr 11th 2008 7:47AM
That's Fujitsu's WoodShell concept PC. It joins an increasingly common trend of so called "natural" products already demonstrated by MSI, ASUS, Olympus, LG and others. No specs are provided on this feel-good piece. However, we presume it's powered by the blood and tears wrung from the baby Gore's heartbreak.
Now when you finaly find realize how much it sucks
you can just toss it in a landfill with out thinking twice!
Tossing it in the landfill is a fantastic idea! After all, wood actually breaks down, unlike more conventional materials. So rather than having a hunk of metal and plastic, etc. buried deep in the colossal heap of trash, you'd have a hunk of wood slowly being decomposed by microbes working with little or no oxygen at their disposal, and therefore releasing methane instead of CO2 as they normally do.
Did I mention methane is a 20 times more potent greenhouse gas than CO2?
Yes, because all the internal components are made from wood and strictly non toxic... Let's not forget that the wood will of been treated which a myriad of chemicals to prevent decay or similar; great for your water supply.
Also, as far as I was aware, metal ore is a naturally occuring product and requires much less processing.
Metal > Wood
*Reads article*
I see.
Two things:
1.) Why would I want that?
2.) Given past flammable battery problems, is this really the right direction to be taking?
The answer is.... no. No it is not*.
*In my opinion anyway.
3) Wood is a great natural insulator. Best of luck keeping one of those cool under pressure.
Add fuel to the fire when the battery decides to commit jihad on your crotch, itll just burn longer.
actually, wouldn't a hippie oppose to this and go strap their self to the tree out side?
If it can play Crysis, I care not about its wood framing.
But what if Crysis cares about it's wood framing?
What if it cares about it a lot?
when you play Crysis, you spend as much time shooting down trees as you do shooting down North Koreans.
I think Crysis would use that wood... to build this.
Well it surely is going through some sort of identycrysis.
This laptop gave me some serious wood.
I see what you did there! Did anyone else? +1
Yes Sir I do see that, it happened to me too +1
HAS ANYONE THOUGHT THAT THE HIPPIES WONT LIKE THIS CAUSE THAY ARE CUTTING DWN TREES TO MAKE THE THING. I THEINK THAY WELL LIKE IT LESS. LOL. JUST A THOUGHT
Caps only for abbreviations, the first letter of nouns and the first word in a sentence please. All caps MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE A SCREAMING DOOSH.
You need to fix either your Return key or your Shift key or your Caps lock key.
My eyes bled a little when I read your comment.
Eyes should not bleed at all.
@ Twitchy
*proper nouns
*'douche'
but I completely back you on your opinion.
here at engadget, its actually "Deutch Bag"
Do you have a secret where someone died, Esat Dedezade? I think so.
(Supernatural reference)
Kind of reminds me of something that would have appeared in the Flintstones house, if laptops had been around in the glory days of Hanna Barbara.
...even though it's made of wood, not stone or a dinosaur.
twitchy, it's douche.
WoodShell owners will have to worry about termites and dry rot.
It looks like the family truckster.
Next week, the world's first gel laptop, can't wait to squish the keys.
Orz....
On engadget, its actually spelled "Deutch Bag"
If one guy can get held at the airport for the MacBook Air. Imagine the chaos with this with TSA!
"Impossible I never seen no 'puter made owda woooood"? Now, Strip!"
Naaaaaaaaaaaah! TSA don't need no strip search. They got battery-powered Sawzall. They will just open that sucker right up looking for Semtex.
I hate to play the hippie here, but I hope the wood product is bamboo, which won't have much of an environmental impact. I like the wood idea, as a concept, for the Steam Punk approach, which is hopefully a shell you re-use again and again, swapping out its innards every so often (likely for destops only).
I like the soft cloth exterior idea too - didn't realise that was part of the laptop at first. I'd like to see a leather portfolio design (cows are renewable, and delicious), and even a leather covering to rest my palms on.
as an official tree-huggin hippie chick, i agree- bamboo would be ideal. i do kinda like the design though... its very campy. and by campy i mean sitting around the campfire googling recipes for vegan smores ;-)
Ah yes, nothing enhances the outdoor experience like good wi-fi access. I like chat forums for first aid and wildlife information. "Megadeath8574 says to hide the food in the tent, where the grizzlies can't find it."
I like your blog a lot. But I'm not sure what to make about your last comment about "baby gore"...If it means what I think it means, it is waaaaaay over the top.
Splinters.
Your avatar captures the essence of your comment quite beautifully.
Tell me, was this endeavour of uncanny wit purposefully engineered by yourself, or is it mere chance?
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With my new Woodie Laptop, to paraphrase Brian Love (of the Beach Boys), I can "Catch a (2.4 Gigahertz) wave and be whittlin' on top of the world!"
First off...a much more earth-friendly way to go would be to use RECYCLED MATERIALS!
Second...cutting down more trees? Come on now, no one with an eco-conscience thinks that's a good idea.
It's what's inside that counts.
The wood will keep the children warm on the e-waste tips of Guiyu, but
the motherboard, hard drive, CPU, video card, sound card etc will still give
them renal disease and cardiovascular complications later in life.
If they came with a take back guarantee to dispose of product 'locally' under US health guidelines then it would be green. I have a sore head.
afaik :
hippie = flower, sunshine,rainbow style and a lack of materialism stuffs
ecologist (eco-friends and eco-terrorists) they are about "corporate" theme such wooden, green technologies, wwf (not wrest fighting) and greenpeace logo.
best title in a while...
i think they are aiming for OS X here.....one button mouse pad???
sweeeeeeet
Possibly the ugliest piece of wood I've ever laid eyes on. And it doesn't help that I got slivers in my eyes when I did it, either.