February 22, 2007

PC World seeks to sell Green PC

by Jan Harris

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Computers & Internet

PC World, the UK retailer, is developing what it claims will be the world’s most energy-efficient and environmentally friendly PC.

The PC will be partly built of recycled components and components will be selected for their efficiency and low energy consumption. However, the plan has come under criticism for its use of Microsoft’s Vista as the PC’s operating systems.

Vista has been criticised by technologists and environmental campaigners because it requires more expensive and powerful hardware to run optimally. There are concerns that the number of PC’s being thrown away could rise substantially as users upgrade their hardware to meet the spec required by the new operating system.

A spokesman for the Green Party has called on retailers to offer more PCs without Windows pre-installed, while, Tony Roberts, chief executive of Computer Aid International, said in 2006 that up to 10 million PCs could be discarded over a two-year period, as consumers upgraded their hardware to be compatible with Vista.

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