| You can help the environment by making one simple | | | | uses a solid state drive, which is much lighter, more |
| decision. By going green with your computers. This is | | | | reliable and faster than a conventional hard drive. It |
| done by choosing notebooks computers that are | | | | also contains a low voltage processor and has |
| environmentally friendly and long on charge. New | | | | improved "battery stretch" software for energy |
| "green laptops" take the idea of an environmentally | | | | savings. It meets the Energy Star 4.0 criteria and is |
| friendly notebook computer even further. They are | | | | 25% more efficient than Lenovo's previous generation |
| smaller than other notebooks, last longer on a charge, | | | | notebooks. The packaging materials for the X300 are |
| and comply with most environmental regulations. | | | | 90% recyclable, and the use of toxic materials such as |
| These ultraportble, small footprint, lighter weight | | | | cadmium, lead, and arsenic have been reduced. |
| notebooks are inherently "greener" than heavier, larger | | | | The MacBook Air is one of Apple's greenest |
| footprint products for a few reasons: They are | | | | computers. The Air's display was the first from Apple |
| designed to deliver the desired performance while | | | | to be mercury and arsenic free. The all aluminum case |
| consuming fewer materials for manufacturing and less | | | | was also a good choice as aluminum is easily |
| energy for shipment and distribution. Packaging | | | | recyclable and highly desirable by recyclers. The Air |
| requirements are also reduced, saving materials and | | | | qualified for a Silver EPEAT rating (all the circuit boards |
| energy. Laptops don't use as much power as a | | | | are bromide and PVC free). It's also Energy Star 4.0 |
| desktop, mostly because the processor is only | | | | certified. On PC Magazine's energy consumption tests, |
| drawing about 35W or less, compared to about 65W | | | | the 14 Watts it produced while idle is consistent with |
| or more for a desktop CPU. The added benefit is that | | | | Energy Star's 14 Watt (and under) requirement. The |
| your electrical bill won't be as high either. | | | | reading was taken while the system was running |
| Less Hazardous Components | | | | Leopard after 15 minutes of idle time. You can get the |
| Although notebooks are typically much more energy | | | | Macbook Air fitted with a 64GB solid state drive, which |
| efficient than desktops. They are, however, no greener | | | | will further reduces its power requirements. Apple paid |
| than desktops in other regards. They typically contain | | | | attention to the retail packaging of this machine, and |
| the same hazardous components, and they are not | | | | reduced it by 50%. |
| easily recycled. However, a few "greener" notebook | | | | Green Computing Is Here To Stay |
| computers are now on the market. | | | | Any way you slice it, green computing is here to stay. |
| Lenovo's Thinkpad X300 is the company's first | | | | Laptops will get more efficient, smaller, and safer for |
| EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental | | | | the planet. EPA estimates that in the next five years |
| Assessment Tool) Gold certified notebook. Only 15 | | | | purchases of EPEAT registered computers could |
| notebooks have achieved this rating to date. The | | | | reduce hazardous waste by 4 million pounds and save |
| X300 uses mercury free LEDs to illuminate its display. | | | | enough energy to power two million homes. |
| This saves energy, and allows for a thinner display. It | | | | |