Dell to sell eco bamboo computer later this year
Michael Dell, the chairman and CEO of Dell, announced at the Fortune Green conference that the computer company will start selling a “never before seen” eco-inspired computer with a bamboo casing later this year.
The computer will be, according to Dell, 80% smaller than an average desktop computer. It will also contain recycled materials from plastic bottles and use 71% less energy than the average desktop computer.
The price tag is expected to land somewhere between $500 and $700. A name for the computer has not yet been decided on.
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May 7th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
That’s a really nice looking computer but I wonder if they can give us some idea of how many noxious chemicals are used in manufacturing the bamboo case. It would be awesome if the cases are made in an eco-friendly manner.
May 7th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Not quite the first:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/asus_bamboo_eco.php
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/04/bamboo_computer.php
Lets hope Dell make the Ubuntu option available, and visible on their web-site.
May 7th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
@ Carl: Maybe we will get some hints about it in Greenpeace’s next Guide to Greener Electronics?
@ Steve Barker: Yes, I know. That’s why I used quotation marks.
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May 10th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Looks interesting. I second Carl — I hope it’s actually sustainable, and not loaded with so much chemicals that it doesn’t make any difference…
May 12th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
I’m honestly getting sick of big companies trying to market themselves as green. I mean… come on who are they kidding. It is just a marketing scheme to try to get the green concious consumer hooked in when in reality, the company itself could care less about the environment.