I’m a Mac addict. I have been ever since a long string of dead PC’s convinced me that maybe it was time to try something new. Now, of course, Macs are the norm and not the newfangled, slightly scary pieces of equipment they once were. Very little could now persuade me to stray from my Mac, but Sony just might have created something cool enough to entice me to switch sides once again (or, at the very least, add something a bit different to my Mac collection).

The new Sony W series “Eco Edition” is made from recycled plastic and old CDs. That’s pretty impressive by any stretch of the imagination, but Sony has gone so far as to make the carrying case out of old plastic bottles. Being eco is not something I always buy into — many of my friends are obsessed with their carbon footprints, and while I might nod in agreement and look shocked and appalled when they talk about airplane emissions, I can safely say nothing would persuade me to cross the United States in anything but a plane. A laptop made from recyclable materials, though — well, that’s something I can buy into. 

n addition to being great for the environment, Sony’s Eco Edition looks as cool as it sounds, and I’d be more than willing to show it off. Though it’s being described by many as a laptop, it’s actually more of a mini-notebook — slightly smaller than a piece of paper and extremely light — and its $450 price tag is reasonable, I think. With 10 million old computers being sunk into landfills each year, maybe it’s time to start going green.

Tags: eco, environment, new things!!, sony, tech

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