Photo by permission of Zonbu
After I posted my article on the Zonbu Desktop Mini and Notebook, I received an email from Grégoire Gentil, CEO of Zonbu, about some questions that I still had.
Just to give a short recap, the Zonbu Mini and Notebook are energy efficient, green, and affordable. The Desktop Mini is priced at $99 and with a two year maintenance plan of $14.95 per month.
The 60 GB Notebook is priced at $279 with a two year maintenance plan of $14.95 per month. (Note, both Notebook and Desktop Mini’s prices increase if you buy them without the maintenance plan.)
What happens if you only want the Mini or the Notebook without the monthly maintenance plan? How much storage space does the applications take up? Gentil told me that the operating system is only 1 GB for 20 applications. Comparing it to Microsoft’s Office Basic 2007 version at a hogging 1.5 GB1, the Zonbu is definitely on the Jenny Craig diet with Valerie Bertinelli leaving 59 GB of local cache space for your heart’s desire.
g-d awful, okay, stylish glasses just to read something. He replied, “As for the over 40 crowd, you can put the icon and text in big size – should be highly visible.” Gosh, I hope so. For those who are younger, just wait …
As to any new developments down the road? Well, Gentil was hush about it. I guess I just will have to wait and see. I am sure it will be so very eco-efficient.
Mark @ TalkClimateChange says
January 23, 2008 at 7:59 amDoes it run Windows, or is that something else??
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Green Talk says
January 23, 2008 at 2:55 pmFor those that love Mark’s TalkClimateChange, he is also featured over at http://www.Ecoworldly.com, which is part of the Green Option family. Mark, as to your question, the software is open source not windows. My husband actually uses an open source window-like software and loves it. Anna
Rick @ Paperless Office Solutions says
June 12, 2012 at 11:52 amGreat article on green computing and saving energy, have you considered the waste of paper each year in offices as well? According to a study done in California in 2009, the typical U.S. office worker uses more than 10,000 sheets of paper per year. In the last 20 years, the combined usage of today’s top ten paper-consuming countries has increased from 92 million tons to 208 million — a growth rate of 126%. If we got rid of all that paper, we would get even greener.