GreenTech at CES: HP to cut PC energy use by 25 percent
Not all of the green news from CES this week dealt with individual energy saving products. Computer maker HP announced plans to reduce energy usage in all of its computers. The goal? A 25 percent power consumption in every HP laptop and desktop PC by 2010.
The announcement comes as part of an interesting trend. Not only are computer and electronics makers facing more pressure to come up with environmentally friendly products, but the less power a device needs the longer its battery will last. And while it's great that modern cellphones have more processing power than the computers NASA used to plot a course to the moon, they also have a shorter battery life than a phone with fewer features you could have picked up a few years ago.
So HP's commitment to reduce PC power use will help the environment. But it will also help the company put out laptops with longer battery life, which will probably help sell units.
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