Having rocked the low end of the laptop market with the Eee, Asustek is aiming for a slightly more chic neighborhood with its latest model. The Eco Book is encased in strips of lovely and environmentally correct bamboo, which grows quickly with minimal intervention. (And has natural antimicrobial properties, a nice plus for an object that spends a lot of time riding your crotch.)
The Eco Book is in the prototype stage now -- Asustek has to do more testing to make sure bamboo is durable and heat-tolerant enough to cut it as notebook material.
Bamboo PC is eco-friendly and looks nice, too [Reuters]
