Being green with technology
We look at just how many facets there are to achieving green goals with good planning
We look at just how many facets there are to achieving green goals with good planning
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Being green with technology
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10i
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The quote from the MS dude made me chuckle, since when has anything windows ever been lite on resources?
Especially their OS. . .
Especially their OS. . .
geoffr
Telecoms Expert
I have to confess I thought exactly the same thing. Windows Vista will not run on anything but the latest hardware, and Windows 7 will still not be as efficient as XP. It is probably worth considering not only the power use of a system, but the energy and resources required to build, ship and eventually dispose of it. If you keep having to upgrade, that is still wasteful, regardless of how efficient the new system is. - It is like buying a new car to save 1l/100km.
Incidentally, Windows used to be light on resources - Windows 3.1 would run on hardware that Linux would struggle on!
I agree. We see clients who try to reduce emissions by buying new hardware. We explain to them that the cost in terms of harmful emissions produced by replacing the current hardware, is more than the reduction the new hardware offers- resulting in a nett increase in emissions.
The goal is to do more with what we already have; and NOT be forced into replacing hardware for future benefit.