First Pictures of Suissa's Latest Computer: Enlighten
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 09.27.07
We love Suissa computers; they are built like very fine furniture, endlessly upgradable to last as long as you do. Their newest is called Enlighten, and "offers a visually dynamic form which explores the modularity of technology, reflects the movement through time that our memories occupy and provides a tangible home for them." It was launched today at IIDEX along with Revolution, the tower on the right.
Howard Suissa says "The design of Enlighten reflects the trend to separate our personal data from the immediate vicinity of technology. While Enlighten visually separates the processing from our input, they are fully present, because the memories we store on our computers, our photos, home videos, music and other collections, belong with the family, not in some Matrix-like concept"
Enlighten "separates those items with which we interface, such as the DVD drive and power button, from those which we do not interface, such as the motherboard, memory, video card and power supply. All the pieces of a computer do not need to be in one block together. The form of Enlighten relates to our changing uses and understanding of the proceeds of our personal technology."
Not even my shiny new Lumix can turn me into a photographer. For those less poetically inclined, the production model includes:
-sustainably harvested wood;
-Intel quad core CPU;
-4 gig RAM;
NVIDIA 8600GTX video card;
1 terabyte hard drive;
DVD burner
Price: Cheap at $ 16,000, ::Suissa Computers
One kick ass computer, but how is this treehugger?
Nice looking computer. Expensive and I do not understand the point of this article. What does it have to do with the environment? Will regular people ever be able to afford them? Does not sound like it. This article is a waste of Treehugger.com space and a waste of energy.
I happen to admire people who build beautiful things that last a long time. Not too many people are doing that with PCs.
I love it, and totally agree that something that lasts a lot is green. I don't see where you plug things though, did you see that?
It is the long lasting and upgradeable part that makes it tree hugger, though I agree the article did not have enough emphasis on that. A Mercedes and a Buick might get the same mileage but the inherent quality of design and materials in a Mercedes make it longer lasting and therefor "greener". I would have preferred to hear however that this thing was as efficient as a laptop.
by da way wheres the keyboard of your computer???????
hi i may jst ask where's the keyboad of this computer..... kindly email your answer to my email add...Marlourds_1989@yahoo.com.ph