A green PC from the Emerald Isle

A weekend with friends in Dublin put me in range of the Irish papers and a piece in the Irish Times (subscription only I am afraid) profiling a company behind a range of sustainable PCs.

First pass of the web-site indicates a heavy use of wood rather than plastic -- which has its obvious benefits -- but it seems the company MicroPro Computer has also built in some smart energy efficiency and the ability to upgrade into its IAMECO range of PCs.

They are not cheap though - around £3000 - and more worryingly - they are available running Vista which has attracted a lot of criticism from green groups for its thirst for power.

I am going to try and make contact with MicroPro in the next few days to find out what's behind these so-called green machines. Stay tuned.