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  • Dolda2000 - Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - link

    And I didn't even know woodgrain was back in style.
  • DanNeely - Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - link

    This looks just as tacky now as it did in the 80s.
  • risa2000 - Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - link

    If they want to differentiate, putting 3:2 panel inside those would be far more useful than the woodoo.
  • MrSpadge - Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - link

    +1
  • Ashinjuka - Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - link

    Next year we'll be taking a page out of the premium smartphone design book and will be going with an all-glass laptop.
  • peevee - Thursday, May 30, 2019 - link

    Don't give them any ideas.
    These reminders of the old wagons are bad enough. Leather was fine.
  • colonelclaw - Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - link

    That wooden handrest looks like the flooring in my local kebab shop
  • abufrejoval - Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - link

    Most likely they are doing it, because wood feels nicer than some plastic-metal composite.

    And of course bamboo *would* make both a sturdy and light chassis, lasting much longer than today's non-removable batteries: If it wasn't for the heat dissipation issues that creates, who knows, it could be really popular.

    But even a bit of wood or leather only reminds me, that these notebooks are among the worst computing products ever, in terms of life durability, life expectancy and recycability.

    So somehow, because I know that my broken or just outdated notebooks and ultrabooks for some reason will find their way from the official recycling point where I'll leave them, to a place in Africa, where they burn them in some smoky hell of a village to smelt what little copper and gold they can sell, I find adding leather or wood to a good honest toxic piece of technology... only makes it worse and serves as a daily reminder that I should have gone with the clunky one with the 10/10 iFixit score.
  • nimi - Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - link

    Wow, is that an ODD?
  • zodiacfml - Wednesday, May 29, 2019 - link

    Looks vinyl to me as the touchpad woodgrain is continuous with the palm rests

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