Notebook Made from Bamboo Second Generation

Eco-friendly lifestyle has become part of many people. Various means were used to bring environmentally friendly lifestyle than a matter of choice foods, vehicles, to electronic devices.

Not to forget in the design of the notebook. Asus, the Taiwanese computer manufacturer, has introduced a green notebook models with the release of Bamboo Series since 2008.

"This is a symbol of greening, a greener lifestyle in terms of material use," said Juliana Chen, Product Marketing Manager Asus Indonesia, while U43JC Bamboo Series notebook introduced in Jakarta, Thursday (11/11/2010). Product is a second generation of notebooks that use bamboo material.

Juliana explains the process of using bamboo in the production of notebooks. First, bamboo is cut into pieces and then dried. Pieces are then pressed and glued together before being installed, injected plastic layer, and painted. "With us to integrate the use of bamboo, we can reduce 25 percent the use of plastic," said Juliana.

The use of bamboo is not without reason. Juliana said in Chinese philosophy, which is the origin of these plants, bamboo is a symbol of elegance. Bamboo is also physically stronger material than the other organic materials from nature.

Not only environmental raah, Asus is also considering a notebook designs made from bamboo. If the first series, it looks like the original bamboo fiber is bright, this time as the surface color older wulung bamboo. Notebook is just too thin with a thickness of 19 millimeters. The battery resistance is claimed to achieve 10.5 hours Super Hybrid Engine technology is supported. One unit As dibanderol for 1209 dollars or about USD 11 million.

Specifications U43JC Bamboo Series

Processor Intel Core i5-460M (3 MB cache, 2.53 GHz up to 2.8 GHz Turbo)
Operating system Windows 7 Home Premium
VGA Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 6310M with 1 GB of VRAM
14-inch HD screen (1366x768) LED display
RAM Memory 2 GB DDR3 1066 MHz
GD 500 SATA hard drive
Disc Drive DVD Writer Super Multi Dual Layer
WiFi 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth 3.0
Battery 8-cell Li-Ion 5600 mAh
Weight 2.1 kg
2 MP Webcam
Price U.S. $ 1209