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Dell's New RideShare Program Puts Employees on the Map

You know, I think Dell is trying to make me fall in love with them. Apparently it isn't enough that I own and use one of their Inspiron laptops every day. It seems they want my green heart as well.

Just yesterday we talked about how Dell is working to condense their laptop packaging....

Source: TreeHugger

Dell's Three C's and Sustainable Packaging

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That Dell…always greening up something around the office!

The latest news is that Dell is turning its focus to the three C’s – Cube, Content & Curb – and is making its packaging more efficient and sustainable over the next four years.

Read on for what the heck cube, content and curb mean…...

Source: TreeHugger

Dell's New PCs Use Recycled Plastic Equivalent to Three Water Bottles

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Dell’s new OptiPlex 960 uses a little post-consumer recycled plastic in its casing. According to OptiPlex’s product manager, it equates to about three plastic water bottles recycled into each PC casing.

All that eco-minded consumers have to do is fight the urge to say, “Ho hum…”

Okay – sarcasm aside, there are some great elements to the OptiPlex 960 that make it actually interesting as a greener computer option for big purchasers. ...

Source: TreeHugger

Green Geek Opportunity: Intel, ASUS Open Community for User-Created Dream PCs

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Ever wish you could to tell a computer company exactly what a “dream computer” is supposed to be like? Well here is your opportunity, thanks to Intel and ASUS - both of whom have had greener computers on the brain for awhile now.

The duo is launching a project that will allow consumers to offer input, discuss with each other, and design the computer of tomorrow. Sounds like an excellent opportunity for eco-minded computer nerds to sound off. ...

Source: TreeHugger

Are Solid State Drives an Eco-Friendly Option?

samsung-flash-ssd-drive.jpgDespite the amount of technological barriers to overcome, leaps in reliability and battery life make them a better environmental option for computer storage, if only slightly. The question comes with the news that Dell is now offering the storage drives in their consumer level M1330 and M1530 laptops.

Source: Triple Pundit