Sony have announced there own plans for helping the environment introducing the Sony VAIO Eco Friendly Notebook to the market.
While the notebooks are basically a revamp of the popular VAIO FZ computers, they actually offer a number of eco friendly based elements which include, packaging which consist of recyclable material, non hazardous elements inside the notebook, which does not include any lead for example. Vaio W Series notebooks have chassis made of plastic consisting of about 20 per cent recycled compact disks and will be shipped in a 'stylish reusable' carrying cases made from recycled plastic bottles.
'Sony is out to lower the power consumption of products and greenhouse gas emissions at its facilities.' Vaio W series machines were billed by Sony as ideal 'secondary' personal computers for light tasks, Internet browsing, and online social networking.
'The W series is so green it doesn't have a printed manual,' Sony president Stan Glasgow said while unveiling the line at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show taking place in Las Vegas on January 6. Sony unveiled the mini notebook computer aimed at the hearts of environmentalists.
The notebooks have high-definition, 10.1-inch screens and hard drives with 250 gigabytes of storage. Vaio W notebooks come in "sugar white" but the interiors are, naturally, green.
The best parts the company will be donating 1% of the price of each product sold to environmental causes, there will only be a very limited number of the Sony VAIO Eco Friendly Notebooks available from day one.
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