New VAIOs Made of Carbon Fiber

Shawnzyoo noted that Sony has released their new series of VAIO TX laptops. In order to make them stronger/lighter/thinner, they are now made of carbon fiber. No plans to release it in the US yet, so start learning Korean if you want this one.

Re:safe?

[CausticPuppy]

Isn't carbon fibre both flammable as well as electrically conductive?

If it was flammable, it would certainly be a very poor choice for constructing race cars.

As for electrical conductivity, it wouldn't be any more of an issue than metal notebook casings which are already widely used.

Re:One word...

[LikwidFlux]

Except for the price concern. Not all people need the functionality of a laptop and would rather spend a grand less and get a cheap portable DVD player.....

Re:Learn Korean?

[MaestroSartori]

Now straying dangerously offtopic, but if the first post just regurgitates a bit of the summary (or article) then surely it could be redundant? :)

Re:Learn Korean?

[Anonymous Coward]

Good luck to change the keyboard of a laptop...