Emailing "Asus Bamboo-ified EcoBook Enters Production"
Bamboo is the new go-to material for green gadgetry, it seems. And as implementations go, there have been some
hits and
misses.
Now Asus has finally started production on the EcoBook, the laptop that first made tech junkies sit up and take notice of the pleasant aftermath of
Bamboo's run-in with technology.
EcoBools will ship with 1,280 x 768, 11.1" or 12.1" screens and a choice of Intel Core 2 processors, hybrid drives (spindles + flash), various Vista flavors (though Vista only) and even WiMAX (check out the
EcoBook product matrix here). One of the most interesting features to emerge is Asus' real-time power management, called Super Hybrid Engine.
...Super Hybrid Engine can extend battery life between 35% and 70% as compared to notebooks with the same specifications but without the technology, and yet enable users to boost their systems' performance by up to 23%. It achieves this by intelligently monitoring the power requirements of the notebook's components and automatically adjusting the power levels in real-time to match the current consumption needs, thus optimizing both system performance and power efficiency.
No word on pricing yet, but if
Dell's nature-loving "sleeve" for the Studio Hybrid is any indication, expect to pay a premium.
[via
Engadget]