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Buy Vista, it's greener | July 10, 2008
By Peter Wolchak
The launch of Windows Vista has been met with less-than-kind reviews and disappointing sales, but Microsoft wants buyers to consider one critical aspect of its new OS: it is better for the environment. A new study from InfoTech Research Group compares the energy usage of Windows XP and Windows Vista machines and finds Vista’s power-management features can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 25 kilograms per PC per year and decrease electricity costs by up to $11 per PC per year. That means a company with 5,000 Vista PCs could slash CO2 emissions by up to 106 tonnes and save up to $47,000 in electricity costs per year. Toronto-based Zerofootprint concluded that with approximately 22,000,000 PCs in Canada, switching only 10 per cent to Vista would save about 25,000 tonnes of CO2, the equivalent of taking 6,500 cars off the road.
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The launch of Windows Vista has been met with less-than-kind reviews and disappointing sales, but Microsoft wants buyers to consider one critical aspect of its new OS: it is better for the environment. A new study from InfoTech Research Group compares the energy usage of Windows XP and Windows Vista machines and finds Vista’s power-management features can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 25 kilograms per PC per year and decrease electricity costs by up to $11 per PC per year. That means a company with 5,000 Vista PCs could slash CO2 emissions by up to 106 tonnes and save up to $47,000 in electricity costs per year. Toronto-based Zerofootprint concluded that with approximately 22,000,000 PCs in Canada, switching only 10 per cent to Vista would save about 25,000 tonnes of CO2, the equivalent of taking 6,500 cars off the road.
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