PC World justifies environmental Vista claims

We were surprised by PC World's decision. to build an environmentally sustainable PC around Microsoft's Vista OS – an operating system that has been widely derided for how power hungry it is. Also the upgrades associated with people moving to Vista could result in thousands of PC's being discarded as companies look for higher-spec kit to run Vista.

PC World has got back to us with a statement on why they selected Vista which…we will let you judge for yourselves:

"One of the key drivers in the technology industry is the development of components that utilise lower levels of power and generate lower levels of heat whilst at the same time increasing the speed, processing power and capability of PCs. Our approach to this project is to look holistically at the construction of the PC and we believe that Windows Vista's power management capabilities are an integral, important and hugely beneficial element of this project."