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June 11, 2008 10:52 AM PDT

Fashion PCs with an environmental conscience

by Mike Yamamoto
(Credit: BornRich)

If you're not sold on these environmentally friendly computers based on their unique designs, their names alone are worth giving them some consideration: Sarah and Nora.

Both are models made by an Irish company called Iameco, which prides itself on producing tailor-made computers in stunning wooden cases that are free of toxins. The unusual curved supports make an architectural statement, according to BornRich, "representing strength and load-bearing capacity." Their innards are nothing to sneeze at either, with typical models including an Intel Core Duo chip, 400GB SATA 2 hard drive, and more than 2GB of memory.

Following the sylvan theme, they come with a wooden mouse and keyboard as well. Not bad for around $1,550. And they won't be mistaken for a drum set.

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by turoa76 June 11, 2008 3:20 PM PDT
Oh great. Go chop down some lovely Ebony (which is now a threatened species) just to make the ugliest computers ever. Very green. And a glass bottom? GLASS! How 80s.
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by monkeebrain June 14, 2008 9:32 PM PDT
how is it environmentally friendly if you have to chop down a tree to make it?
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by ayoung45 June 15, 2008 1:17 AM PDT
I like the fashion design. I wonder how heavy the thing is? What if you have to move it from one room to another? Definately something for the fashion enthusiast, but not for the geek.
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by DarkHawke June 15, 2008 9:16 AM PDT
Maintain, folks. Trees are a renewable rescource, ya know! The design is interesting, but if you're gonna go to all the trouble to craft a wooden PC box (and I wonder what consequences this has for cooling), couldn't you make them look nicer? They don't seem to be working with the grain at all, and the drive bay openings might as well be on any other metal or plastic PC case. How 'bout something more old-world? You could do a steam-punk Victorian design, or one of those '30s-'40s cabinet designs of the type recently featured here as an iPod-dockable radio/speaker system.
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by calculatorwatch June 15, 2008 9:14 PM PDT
I guess the curved supports make an architectural statement but not necessarily a good one. In my opinion the design just feels unbalanced and strained aesthetically.
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by alwazercom January 4, 2009 7:01 AM PST
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