CES 2009: Bamboo Surface for Asus' Green Laptops

by Aric Annear on January 08, 2009

Green tech is big these days, and Asus is chipping in with the attractive-if-slightly-bizarre Bamboo series of "ecobooks". Featuring 12" LED displays and Asus Super Hybrid Engine Technology as power-saving measures, the notebooks also have replaced the standard aluminum chassis with a bamboo shell. Even the mouse trackpad has a bamboo veneer (no worries, the mouse was still perfectly responsive). Not meant to be much of a powerhouse, but it's no slouch either with your choice of Intel T9400/P8600/P8400 Core 2 Duo processors, 256MB of NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS graphics, a 320GB hybrid hard drive sporting 256MB of flash, and Intel's WiMAX / WiFi Link 5100 chipset.

They're smart-looking to be sure, but asking the showfloor rep how often it needs to be mopped probably wasn't a good idea.