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Bamboo-bodied Asus notebooks available for preorder

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On July 7, 2010, 4:24 PM

If you have a thing for wood-garnished electronics, you'll be pleased to know that Asus finally plans to open shipments on its long-anticipated bamboo-encased notebooks. Two of the company's bamboo notebooks – the U43F and U43JC – are now readily available for preorder via Best Buy, with an ETA of late July, early August. The first is priced at $950, while the second is $1,000.

The least expensive model features a 14-inch LED-backlit display, a 2.26GHz Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, 640GB of storage, and a DVD burner. Rather than rough it with Intel's integrated graphics, the pricier U43JC has a 1GB Nvidia GeForce 310M with Optimus technology. Although some people can get by without discrete graphics, for an extra $50 it seems silly not to opt for the U43JC.


Both units weigh about five pounds and have gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n, three USB 2.0 ports, HDMI-out, up to five hours of life, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

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  1. July 7, 2010 5:07 PM
    Guest said:

    Is it me, or do all these "new" laptops fail to have usb3?

    Burty117

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  2. July 7, 2010 5:32 PM
    Guest said:

    Why does this remind me of the horrible fake wood paneling on station wagons from 1970's?

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  3. July 7, 2010 7:11 PM
    ikesmasher said:

    i. want. NOOUGH!!!!

    Reply
  4. July 8, 2010 1:04 AM
    Jibberish18 said:

    I'd like one please.

    Reply
  5. July 8, 2010 3:07 AM
    Guest said:

    im pretty sure that the usb3 standard will have to wait for the laptop release

    intel rulz here

    Reply
  6. July 13, 2010 12:56 PM
    jgvmx said:

    It actually looks very good and elegant. Reminded me of the Atari VCS days.

    Reply

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