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  buy only what you need, & battery power

  If you are looking for a good metric for an enviro friendly laptop, I recommend looking at battery life. This will encourage you to buy a less powerful processor, (which is rarely needed) and pay less for a laptop that will last longer without being plugged in. For most of us, computers are massively over-engineered for our needs, and use more energy as a result. (If you edit video, then maybe you should look at a desktop.)
  Personally I own a 2000 apple ibook, and if I was looking to buy now, I would recommend waiting for the upcoming ibook replacements from Apple/intel as an inexpensive, low power machine that will last a few years. If you must buy windows then look for a laptop that can take additional RAM memory (1-2GB ceiling), as this RAM Ceiling is quite likely to be the constraint that makes your laptop obsolete in the future, especially with a new version of Windows out next year.
  My 2c.
  Ian.On Umbra on choosing a laptop posted 3 years, 10 months ago 4 Responses