Toshiba + Walmart = Eco-Friendly?

If you're concerned about the havok we are wreaking on the environment with our hi-tech toys, take heart:

"Toshiba today announced the availability of their first RoHS (Restriction on Hazardous Substance) notebook sold at U.S. retail. The Toshiba Satellite A55-S1064 is currently available through Wal-Mart for $697.

The Toshiba Satellite A55-S1064, said Toshiba, is a more environmental friendly computer whose standards are based off of a environmental directive set by the European Parliament that goes into effect on July 1 of this year. The goal of the directive is to restrict the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment."

Toshiba's motivation may not be entirely altruistic, but the fact that there is enough consumer and governmental pressure to influence product development is a good sign of things to come.

And the specs make my current laptop cower in fear!

1.60-GHz Intel Celeron M Processor 380
512 MB DDR2 memory
40 GB hard drive
15-inch display
CD-RW/DVD-ROM optical drive
built-in 802.11 b/g wireless LAN.

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