Wooden you know it

I have lost count of the number of wood-cased PCs I’ve seen over the years, one or two even made it into production, so it’s not exactly a new idea, but the spin Asus have put on its new Bamboo Series notebook is quite novel. It says it ‘redefines green computing’, exactly what that means is a bit of a mystery, but Asus is trumping its green credentials, claiming that the machine’s Super Hybrid Engine technology extends battery life by between 35 and 70% — compared with similar notebooks. The bamboo capping and panels have a tensile strength that rivals some metals and it grows really quickly, so it’s easily sustainable material. Oh yes, the notebook spec, it has a 12.1 inch screen and uses a Intel Core 2 dual processor running at 2.53GHz, there’s 4Gb of RAM, a 32Gb hard drive, it runs on Vista Home Premium, and the cost of going green is a formidable £1349…