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Posted in Japan on 01/21/2010 12:51 am by kaibyaku
Laptops are traditionally powered by one of three different types of batteries. These are Nickel Cadmium, Nickel Metal Hydride, and the now commonly used Lithium Ion. Fujitsu is now releasing a laptop in Japan that runs on air. Not really, but they are marketing it as such. For every FMV Loox laptop sold in Japan Fujitsu will buy enough green wind energy credits to equal the amount of power the laptop is estimated to use over a four year period. That’s a lot of green.
Fujitsu is estimating that each FMV Loox laptop will be used in the following manner 240 days out of each year for four years:
- Actively used 4.5 hours per day
- Charged 4.5 hours per day
- Turned off for 15 hours per day
This usage equals approximately 45.5 kilowatt hours and releases about 18 kilograms of CO2 into the atmosphere.
This means Fujitsu will purchase an equivalent amount of wind power from Japan Natural Energy Co. So although the laptops themselves will pollute, wind power will be made available for use that otherwise would not be. This theoretically plays out as a zero sum gain in CO2 emissions making the environmental foot print of the FMV Loox tiny to nothing at all. This saving to the environment isn’t free however.
The cost of the wind power credits is being at least to some degree passed on to the consumer. The green laptop will cost the equivalent of $1,155.00, whereas a similar non-green machine would run in the neighborhood of $780.00. So the laptop buyers in Japan that want to help save the environment will have to chip in $375 to do so (about 37k Yen). These are not cheap laptops.
The FMV Loox has the following specifications:
- Intel Atom Processor
- 1GB Memory
- 5.6 inch screen
- Up to 120GB storage
- Wireless Adapter
The Intel Atom Processor is currently the smallest processor available with the world’s smallest transistors. The chip also boasts the lowest power usage of any other Intel chip.
Of the Intel chip, Intel Executive Vice President Sean Maloney said, “The Intel® Atom™ processor is based on an entirely new design, built for low power and designed specifically for a new wave of Mobile Internet Devices and simple, low-cost PC's. This small wonder is a fundamental new shift in design, small yet powerful enough to enable a big Internet experience on these new devices.”
With power usage and the environment in mind this was the obvious chip for the job.
The FMV Loox is available only through the Fujitsu web site at this time. No U.S. release has been announced.
About the Author:
Jon Norwood is a founder and managing partner of Cheap Computers, a site dedicated to providing information regarding laptop and desktop computers as well as guides on how to best choose a product.
Article Source: ArticlesBase.com - Fujitsu Offers Green Laptops in Japan
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