Green Living Tips 09.02.08

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Reprinted from www.treehugger.com

Thin - ovation: The Mac Book Air

Greenpeace may have a thing about Macs, and we recognize that they are not perfect (but getting a lot better) but they sure know how to design a beautiful machine and system and I wish I had one. Evidently they are now taking the environmental issues even more seriously; Bruce Nussbaum of Business Week says what struck me most about Steve Jobs' presentation was the effort he made in showing how green the 3 lb. Air is. It doesn't have mercury or arsenic in its LCD and glass. The aluminum frame can be recycled. The circuitry is PVC free. And there is less packing material than other laptops." That sounds like a pretty green start. Oh, and it is so energy efficient that it runs five hours on its teensy batteries .

*For those who didn't know, ITC students, faculty and staff can receive an educational discount on Apple and MAC.

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