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04/22/2008, 9:45pm, EDT
Tuesday, April 22ndDell unveils eco-friendly compact bamboo PC
Dell today unveiled a "never before seen" environmentally conscious computer clad in bamboo, which occupies 81 percent of the space typically taken by a traditional PC tower. While specifications were sparse, Earth2Tech reveals that the computer is made of 70 percent recycled materials, such as old bottles, milk jugs, and detergent cases, and that it would be available later this year for between $500 and $700.
The eco-friendly computer comes after Dell yesterday announcing plans to hold on to Windows XP distribution rights until approximately 2012 on its mid- to high-end business systems.
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Does it run OS X?
Fact 1: In the early 90's Apple stopped shipping there products in the traditional white boxes and shipped in the natural brown with organic black ink. Apple returned to the traditional white boxes only after environmentally friendly inks became economically available.
Fact 2: The aluminum body parts of the MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Mini and MacPro are almost 100% reusable. You can't say the same for the materials in the earth2tech. Wood fiber and plastic recycling are only about 70-85% efficient.
Fact 3: A comparable Dell compared to a MacPro is several hundred bucks less than a MacPro. Go check for yourself. Further more, a MacPro is easier to modify, requires less service and holds its value much longer.
Al can be recycled, yes, however you cant grow Al, you can continuously grow hard, fire resistant grasses like bamboo. im the first to knock Duh-el, but kudos for using recycled parts.
technically this isn't an original idea from Duh-el, another company introduced the idea of bamboo.
No matter how cool or small, i still choose my mac mini when it comes to computers of this caliber.
This posted written on a Mac Pro Quad core.