Comments on: The Greenest Desktop Computers Of 2008 http://www.metaefficient.com/computers/the-greenest-pcs-of-2008.html The Guide To Efficient Living Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:10:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: KIMBOWA S. EMMY http://www.metaefficient.com/computers/the-greenest-pcs-of-2008.html/comment-page-1#comment-103609 KIMBOWA S. EMMY Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:23:03 +0000 http://www.metaefficient.com/?p=1709#comment-103609 Dear Sir / Madam: We are looking for super energy efficient desk top computer sets (CPU, Monitor, Keyboard, mouse) to be deployed in may off-grid rural schools in Uganda. We are looking for a complete desk top computer consuming less than 50W when operating. Please let us the possible solutions you can have. Regards, Kimbowa S. Emmy Dear Sir / Madam:

We are looking for super energy efficient desk top computer sets (CPU, Monitor, Keyboard, mouse) to be deployed in may off-grid rural schools in Uganda. We are looking for a complete desk top computer consuming less than 50W when operating.

Please let us the possible solutions you can have.

Regards,

Kimbowa S. Emmy

]]> By: Patrick Carter http://www.metaefficient.com/computers/the-greenest-pcs-of-2008.html/comment-page-1#comment-73118 Patrick Carter Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:52:43 +0000 http://www.metaefficient.com/?p=1709#comment-73118 Articles like this are pretty much always published before the year is out, before the articles being previewing the gadgets of 2009 at the beginning of the year. And inches is a perfectly acceptable measure, comparing it to measuring in horsepower is idiotic and ignorant. Articles like this are pretty much always published before the year is out, before the articles being previewing the gadgets of 2009 at the beginning of the year.

And inches is a perfectly acceptable measure, comparing it to measuring in horsepower is idiotic and ignorant.

]]> By: richard horobin http://www.metaefficient.com/computers/the-greenest-pcs-of-2008.html/comment-page-1#comment-16867 richard horobin Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:10:54 +0000 http://www.metaefficient.com/?p=1709#comment-16867 How could you produce this (a) before the year has finished, (b) without considering the new ATOM-based pcs from Acer and Asus, and (c) using imperial measure? I'm surprised you didn't rate the pcs in terms of horsepower, since you measure them in inches. Please fix these faults - and re-publish in 2009. How could you produce this (a) before the year has finished, (b) without considering the new ATOM-based pcs from Acer and Asus, and (c) using imperial measure? I’m surprised you didn’t rate the pcs in terms of horsepower, since you measure them in inches.

Please fix these faults – and re-publish in 2009.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.metaefficient.com/computers/the-greenest-pcs-of-2008.html/comment-page-1#comment-13136 Sarah Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:51:27 +0000 http://www.metaefficient.com/?p=1709#comment-13136 Thanks so much for this great coverage of the advances in greening desktop computers. As a staffer at the Green Electronics Council, the nonprofit group that manages the EPEAT system, and a memberof the original EPEAT Development Team (in my former position as Environmental Purchasing Program Manager for Hospitals for a Healthy Environment - H2E) ,I just want to offer one quick correction: EPEAT was not developed by electronics manufacturers, nor is it managed by them. It is based on an IEEE public Standard (1680) which was developed through a multi-year, multi-stakeholder consensus process supported by US EPA that included manufacturers, but also environmental advocates, public and private purchasers, technology researchers, recyclers, and an assortment of other parties. It is now a freestanding system, managed by GEC (a small nonprofit organization which was originally awarded a startup contract by EPA). Just want to clarify these points because it is natural to suspect that any system concocted by manufacturers may go a bit easy on them in terms of pushing the envelope - where in fact, only 82 out of the current 745 base-model products registered in EPEAT have managed to achieve Gold status - despite intense competition among manufacturers! Also - just FYI - ENERGY STAR and RoHS compliance are two of the 51 required criteria for entry into the EPEAT registry - so requiring EPEAT automaticaly gets you those attributes, plus a lot more environmental benefit. For more - www.epeat.net Thanks again for the great coverage. Thanks so much for this great coverage of the advances in greening desktop computers.

As a staffer at the Green Electronics Council, the nonprofit group that manages the EPEAT system, and a memberof the original EPEAT Development Team (in my former position as Environmental Purchasing Program Manager for Hospitals for a Healthy Environment – H2E) ,I just want to offer one quick correction:

EPEAT was not developed by electronics manufacturers, nor is it managed by them. It is based on an IEEE public Standard (1680) which was developed through a multi-year, multi-stakeholder consensus process supported by US EPA that included manufacturers, but also environmental advocates, public and private purchasers, technology researchers, recyclers, and an assortment of other parties. It is now a freestanding system, managed by GEC (a small nonprofit organization which was originally awarded a startup contract by EPA). Just want to clarify these points because it is natural to suspect that any system concocted by manufacturers may go a bit easy on them in terms of pushing the envelope – where in fact, only 82 out of the current 745 base-model products registered in EPEAT have managed to achieve Gold status – despite intense competition among manufacturers!

Also – just FYI – ENERGY STAR and RoHS compliance are two of the 51 required criteria for entry into the EPEAT registry – so requiring EPEAT automaticaly gets you those attributes, plus a lot more environmental benefit.

For more – http://www.epeat.net

Thanks again for the great coverage.

]]> By: Tom Harrison http://www.metaefficient.com/computers/the-greenest-pcs-of-2008.html/comment-page-1#comment-13077 Tom Harrison Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:43:09 +0000 http://www.metaefficient.com/?p=1709#comment-13077 I agree with previous comments; this is a great write-up. I have a Dell Inspiron laptop at home. I have been fighting with it for months just to get it to go into standby and hibernation on its own. It can get too hot to comfortably sit on your lap. I wrote all about my tribulations with this machine, with some rather significant ultimate successes on my blog (linked above). But, for reasons other than efficiency, I have a Mac Mini at work. It is every bit as powerful as my Dell, and just simple and beautiful. I am a software developer by day so I know a good computer; the Mini is simple and elegant and just works. I knew right away that it was also efficient: it is silent, it only ever gets a little warm, and it is tiny. Beauty and efficiency are correlated. Efficiency and price tend to be correlated. The Mini is that wonderful union of these several dimensions. An important distinction in all of this is the display: I don't use my laptop's display usually; instead I have a standalone monitor. Same with the Mac Mini. Perhaps it's worth considering monitors separately from computers when that is possible. In my home setup, the monitor uses almost half of the electricity (according to my Kill-A-Watt meter). Tom I agree with previous comments; this is a great write-up. I have a Dell Inspiron laptop at home. I have been fighting with it for months just to get it to go into standby and hibernation on its own. It can get too hot to comfortably sit on your lap. I wrote all about my tribulations with this machine, with some rather significant ultimate successes on my blog (linked above).

But, for reasons other than efficiency, I have a Mac Mini at work. It is every bit as powerful as my Dell, and just simple and beautiful. I am a software developer by day so I know a good computer; the Mini is simple and elegant and just works. I knew right away that it was also efficient: it is silent, it only ever gets a little warm, and it is tiny.

Beauty and efficiency are correlated. Efficiency and price tend to be correlated. The Mini is that wonderful union of these several dimensions.

An important distinction in all of this is the display: I don’t use my laptop’s display usually; instead I have a standalone monitor. Same with the Mac Mini.

Perhaps it’s worth considering monitors separately from computers when that is possible. In my home setup, the monitor uses almost half of the electricity (according to my Kill-A-Watt meter).

Tom

]]> By: Village Green http://www.metaefficient.com/computers/the-greenest-pcs-of-2008.html/comment-page-1#comment-13065 Village Green Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:55:15 +0000 http://www.metaefficient.com/?p=1709#comment-13065 This is my favorite green site, the one I go to first in my blog reader. Thank you so much for putting the time into research. Typing this from my Mac Mini -- I had no idea when I purchased it that it was so energy efficient! This is my favorite green site, the one I go to first in my blog reader. Thank you so much for putting the time into research. Typing this from my Mac Mini — I had no idea when I purchased it that it was so energy efficient!

]]> By: Jerry http://www.metaefficient.com/computers/the-greenest-pcs-of-2008.html/comment-page-1#comment-13062 Jerry Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:06:05 +0000 http://www.metaefficient.com/?p=1709#comment-13062 Hey you missed the FitPC. Linux based 8 watts, internal hard drive so no subscription. Hey you missed the FitPC. Linux based 8 watts, internal hard drive so no subscription.

]]> By: Richard Millington http://www.metaefficient.com/computers/the-greenest-pcs-of-2008.html/comment-page-1#comment-13048 Richard Millington Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:35:05 +0000 http://www.metaefficient.com/?p=1709#comment-13048 I have to say, this is an absolutely brilliant review. A mighty thank you for putting this together. I had no idea manufacturers were doing as much as this to be green, last I heard asus were slapping a piece of bamboo on a laptop and calling it green. How do the prices of these greener PCs compare against their less green equivalents? I have to say, this is an absolutely brilliant review. A mighty thank you for putting this together. I had no idea manufacturers were doing as much as this to be green, last I heard asus were slapping a piece of bamboo on a laptop and calling it green.

How do the prices of these greener PCs compare against their less green equivalents?

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