Green you say?
From Silicon dot com:
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has claimed that more efficient use of IT is one of the company’s main priorities for the future, despite the fact the company has been widely criticised for producing processor-hungry software.
Speaking at the CeBit technology show in Hanover, the Microsoft boss described how the software maker is collaborating with German nuclear power provider Yello Strom. Yello Strom’s managing director Martin Vesper demonstrated a “Yello-saving counter” – a Vista widget that lets consumers monitor their home power via a PC.
Ballmer explained PCs and other technology still consume far too much electricity. He said: “The lowering of energy consumption is as important for us as new uses of software and IT for the environment.”
And a great deal of this is due to the requirements that are needed to run Vista in the first place. Throwing a can of paint on Vista will not make it green.