Laptop Review – From Environmental Standpoint
Topics about preserving the environment are so popular these days. Many companies all over the world are now creating measures to be more environment-friendly. One of the good practices to save mother earth is to buy a laptop instead of a desktop PC. A laptop is a compact version of a desktop PC, which means that parts and components are smaller. Making smaller parts will mean less harmful emissions from the manufacturing plants. And in terms of disposal, a laptop will mean lesser waste compared to the desktop PC. Another good thing to note is the fact that many laptop makers today are now complying with environmental standards such as Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment and Restrictions of Hazardous Substances.
Recently a non-profit organization thought of a concept to build an affordable laptop for students from developing countries. The organization came up with the One Laptop per Child project, which developed a low-cost and low-power laptop for these students. The laptop is called XO-1 and it runs Linux. The laptop is low-powered, which means that it consumes less energy, good for the environment. It is a small laptop, which means manufacturing it will not need so much resource that can ruin the environment.
However, there are still some problems that come up when producing eco-friendly laptop computers. In 2009, it is expected that laptop sales will surpass desktop PCs sales for the first time in history. It has been studied that laptops are only kept for an average of three years before being disposed. Therefore, it is important that recyclable laptops are produced. Some other problems that have risen or may possibly rise are listed below along with possible solutions to the problem:
1. Problem: The use of petroleum-filled plastic. Solution: Instead of this material, laptops can be produced with bioplastic-polymers. This type of material is also heat-resistant enough to withstand the heat produced by laptops.
2. Problem: Laptop’s power supply. Solution: Solar powered laptop. It is beneficial to the environment to use the sun’s power to help recharge your laptop.
3. Problem: Like many other plastic-using products laptops also contains lead, a hazard to the environment. Solution: Although lead is important in making a laptop, makers can still minimize the use of lead or better yet find some alternatives, substance that are environment friendly and can replace lead.
4. Problem: Spinning hard drives. Solution: Future laptops could reduce their energy use up to 10 percent by replacing hard drives with flash memory, which has no watt-hungry moving parts. Dell debuted a laptop with a 32-gigabyte solid-state drive this year.
Some recent awards winners for laptops that are friendly to the environment include: XO Laptop, Toshiba Portege R500, HP 2710p, Lenovo Thinkpad X300, and the Dell D630.
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