Lenovo's ThinkCentre M57 / M57P desktops are kings of green

Last September, Lenovo tooted its horn quite loudly with the introduction of the environmentally-friendly ThinkCentre A61e. Fast forward a few months, and it's the same song and dance once more -- with even more green this time, though. The ThinkCentre M57 / M57p machines won't blow anyone away in terms of raw horsepower, but they are the first desktops from any PC maker to garner GREENGUARD certification. Additionally, these power-sipping rigs are EPEAT Gold rated, Energy Star 4.0 rated, and the first ThinkCentres with recycled material from consumer plastics. Internally, you'll get to choose from a range of Intel Celeron / Core 2 Duo CPU options, up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM, integrated graphics, an 80GB / 160GB hard drive and not much else. 'Course, with prices on the M57 starting at $699 and an understandable focus on energy-efficient components, we wouldn't expect much different.

[Romeapart @ Mar 4th 2008 10:54PM]

Man... the IBM/Lenovo products are just disgusting. I hate working on them. Ima go puke now...

[BigD145 @ Mar 4th 2008 11:13PM]

Stop it, already. Recycling from consumer plastics does absolutely nothing. You can only recycle them once, which means the computer itself now cannot be recycled. The shell has to be reused or tossed at the end of its life. I want to start seeing some real progress, like glass and aluminum constructs. Both of those are infinitely recyclable.

[aron @ Mar 4th 2008 11:39PM]

While aluminum and glass may be infinitely recyclable, without a
proper LCA done, it is hard to say whether something such as glass is
better than plastic from an environmental standpoint. It's possible
the actual environmental damage due to excessive energy requirements
in processing things such as glass (ie-pure glass melts at 2300C)
whereas polymers typically melt at a temperature that's a whole orer
of magnitude lower. I believe a classic example is the plastic
bottles versus glass, and it is often said that glass is actually
worse for the environment. Well, I can't recall if recycling is taken
into account. But I hope my point is made.

[BigD145 @ Mar 5th 2008 12:16AM]

There is no glass flotsam in the Pacific Ocean. There ARE two very enormous masses of plastic that weigh more than ALL the life in that ocean. Together they are beginning to rival the size of the continental US. Glass is not the problem.

[BigD145 @ Mar 5th 2008 12:22AM]

Aron, your "I believe" and "it is hard to say" and "it is often said" are nothing more than you blowing shite out your a$$. Try reading some real research and stop listening to pundits. http://marine-litter.gpa.unep.org/documents/World's_largest_landfill.pdf

[aron @ Mar 5th 2008 8:22AM]

Try taking a course in environmental engineering to understand that environmental damage extends beyond "garbage" so you don't spew shit out of your ass.

[RootDaddy @ Mar 5th 2008 1:12AM]

They may be "King of the Green" - But lets not forget "King of the Fugly"

[daniel @ Mar 5th 2008 8:48AM]

I actualy bought 4 of them for an office I manage.

Reasons: NO NOISE. Quietest PC I saw with an e8500 (3.2ghz 6mb cache)
Only drawback is the video card at ati 2400 xt, but its for office use anyhow, however vista scored it as a 3.4.

I configured as(e8500, 4gig(no 3gb option), 500gb....

All the computers are running dual monitor. Very easy to open and pretty small and VERY quiet.

NO KEYBOARD too as they charge $60 for the basic... Crazy...

[macserv @ Mar 5th 2008 2:44PM]

This explains why Apple products keep getting sleeker and prettier... Lenovo is hogging up all the UGLY.