The highly anticipated energy efficient personal computer Zonbu (a conventional subscription based PC, without the keyboard, mouse and monitor) is finally out for sale. The environmentally perplexed world has its first ever zero emissions PC, certified by the Green Electronics Council it can be purchased through its website, zonbu.com.
Zonbu runs on an intel powered microprocessor from VIA technologies, Taiwan with 512 MB RAM plus 4 GB flash memory card. The PC also uses the Gentoo version of the Linux operating system that allows a free upgrade to latest version of all applications, the device comes without the power-consuming fan as well.
It also plays music, movies and does just everything that 90% of the users want – consuming six times lesser energy than a standard light bulb, it’s also the cheapest PC seen off late @ $250 – but purchase on a two-year subscription it’ll be a sale for $99 with the subscriptions priced between $12.95 to $19.95 per month.
Though, 4 GB may just be enough for the mini computer yet, if you want an enhanced memory, you’ll have to subscribe to the Zonbox service – that provides free and flawless software and firmware updates, up to 100GB.
It may be difficult to comprehend consumers going in for an energy efficient PC that’ll sells on the detested subscription based system, yet, who knows the green aspect backing the PC helps it sell like cellphones with people paying out of their monthly earnings. Whether Zonbu sells like the hot cake or not, one thing’s for sure – it’ll give us a simple and eco-friendly computing experience.
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[Source: Ecogeek]
