ASUS' 12-inch bamboo laptop gets a price
By Donald Melanson 
posted Nov 27th 2008 11:36PM
posted Nov 27th 2008 11:36PM
ASUS may have been beaten to the punch by a few other companies and their bamboo-ensconced offerings, but it looks like it's now getting its first bamboo laptop out the door at long last, and it's taken the opportunity to finally get official with a price. Apparently, the first few 12-inch models will go on sale at Taiwan's IT Month exhibition on Saturday, where they'll run NT$59,900, or just over $1,800. Unfortunately, it's not clear exactly which configuration that'll get you, but, judging from the last word out of ASUS, even the base config seems to be pretty capable.
now if theres a short circuit or some electrical spark with your laptop...
Laptop go boom!
Tell that to Apple.
so do we need to put thompson's water seal on it to keep it from cracking and fading?
This is nothing.
On gilligan's Island, the dr. built a LAN server out of some coconuts.
Wouldn't the wood save you from electric shock, while a laptop made of solid aluminum with an unstable battery would be deadly.
@roach:
Electricity doesn't work like that.
An aluminium frame laptop with a ground fault in the AC adaptor though, then we're talking.
Give her some wood for Christmas!
While trying to promote "green" products, the least they could've done would be, well, make the laptop cheaper than the competition (depending on the specs of course)
While trying to promote "green" products, the least they could've done would be, well, make the laptop green.
All "green" products are expensive. People are jumping on the green bandwagon, and companies are taking advantage of them by overpricing their products.
this is being marketed directly to 70s porn directors.
eff your icon, btw.
Dudes, this got priced in Australia weeks ago - $3,499 RRP. And yes, that's a lot, but the exchange rate is crappy.
The should do some co-branding with Kung Fu Panda...
Lord The doesn't need your advice.
I expected to see this comment, and I'm glad I wasn't disappointed! (Not that I've actually seen that movie.)
I meant they :(
And I've not seen the movie either. But I thought it was apropos
Or Sexual Harassment Panda
ugmo
umm.....I got a Sam's club flyer 2 weeks ago listing it at $1,978 Canadian.
PASS!
I don't need any pandas eating my computer, thank you very much.
But they're so cute and cuddly =\
..until they bite your head off
...or sneeze so loud that you suffer a cardiac arrest.
why?
Thats awesome, I never noticed the track pad was bamboo to.
Awesome, but can it play Crysis?
Can your mom play crisis?
Yes it can actually, on low settings. : )
Yes she can. On low difficulty
This laptop is recyclable if you own a pet Koala
I doubt koalas would eat bamboo. More eucalyptus.
epic fail...
Hilarious though. Koalas eating bamboo...
Really...learn your biological geography.
Koalas = Australia = eucalyptus-only diet.
Pandas = China = mostly bamboo diet.
Why the hell did I type Koala? I was THINKING "panda" while typing, I'm sure that counts
I'll show you a 12" bamboo! *unzips pants*
Kadzooks man, are you that bitter about your candidates loss?
Oh yeah, the laptop is fugly.
watch out for termites:P
it's just a green design..there is a video U6V Bamboo, check this link http://www.mr-gizmo.com/2008/12/01/asus-u6v-b1-bamboo-the-eco-friendly-laptop-video/