Combining high-end substance with luxurious style, Asus’s U53Jc Bamboo machine, as its name suggests, sees large parts of the device’s chassis and entire lid section crafted from strong, environmentally friendly and aesthetically pleasing bamboo.

Price: £800 | Asus

Lining up at 3.16cm thick, 2.8kg in weight and with a 15.6-inch 1366x768p LCD display and under 3 hour battery life, the Asus U53Jc Bamboo machine might not be the most transport friendly laptop on the market but what the device lacks in portability it makes up for in impressive specs and design features.

With Windows 7 Home Premium running on an Intel 2.27GHz Core i5 processor with 4GB of RAM, the Asus Bamboo packs a hefty punch. A single HDMI port, two USB 2.0 and one USB 3.0 connectors are among the device’s connectivity options. This is a laptop made of wood. Isn't it good?