HP’s latest desktop series includes the first green Windows desktop

13th January, 2010 by adina
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Hewlett Packard has recently launched a new workstation and two small desktops that include the first ever toxin-free Windows PC.

The latest in HP’s Z series, the Z200, is the fastest in the line and is meant to be the new entry level workstation of the company. It should use Core i3, Core i5 and Xeon 3400 series quad-core chipsets and should have a mid-range performance with up to 16GB of RAM, video based on Quadro FX 1800 and other optional hardware as a Blu-ray burner or an X-Fi Titanium sound card. The Z200 is starting at $769 and should include a Core i3, Intel’s integrated graphics, a 160GB hard drive with Linux, Windows XP or Windows 7 as operating systems, although details have not been given to the press. Shipping for the Z200 is scheduled for February.

More significant for the corporate level is the update to the Compaq Elite line, the new 8000f Elite being the first Windows desktop free of toxins as it does not use PVC (polyvinyl chloride) or BFRs (brominated flame retardants), even including the mouse and the AC adapter. Its power supply is 87 percent efficient and meets the most severe Energy Star standards for power. The system is small enough to provide significant saves on materials compared to the tower version. The 8000f has Core 2 Duo processors, a maximum 4GB capacity of RAM, integrated-only video and 160GB to 250GB of disk space, with an optional 64GB solid-state drive. The system can be mounted on the back of the display. Shipping date is February 1st and the price will start at $849.

The Compaq 8100 Elite is a larger system and will use Core i3 and i5 processors, 16GB of RAM and up to 1TB of disk storage. The ship date and the price of the Compaq 8100 Elite are the same as for the smaller model.

The use of non-toxic material in the computer industry is a trend and manufacturers began, one by one to align to this tendency. The release of the Compaq 8000f Elite is a result of the environmental efforts that both Hewlett Packard and Microsoft made. It was about time because Apple has begun to move towards toxic-free desktops and notebooks since 2007, so that it has completely dropped PVC, BFRs or both of them while releasing new systems. By the end of 2008 all Apple’s line-up was virtually free of such materials. HP began to give up using toxic materials with the ProBook 5310m portable this year and left the majority of its products carrying hazardous materials. Other companies, like Dell, have announced indefinite delays in turning green their product lines.


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