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Guide to Electronics , wh manufacturers for their u recycling and energy efﬁ is one of the main selling Mac mini, which draws le of power when idle and less power than a typica Apple’s iMac line-up, the EPEAT Gold certiﬁed and with Energy Star 5.0 req become effective later th no brominated ﬂame ret (BFRs) and uses PVC-free internal components and cables.

Winner of a red dot design award, the supremely stylish Pano Logic Virtual Desktop is a key component of Pano Logic’s server-based irtualized desktop solution. The sleek, all-metal ver box has no CPU, no memory, no operating em, no drivers, no software and no moving and consumes less than 5 watts - 3% of the energy of a standard desktop. Instead it connects the user’s keyboard, mouse, display, audio and USB peripherals over an existing IP network to an instance of Windows XP or Vista running on a virtualized server. Moving all software off the desktop and onto the server is claimed to reduce TCO by up to 70%, enhance security and reduce downtime.

Internet kiosks, network monitoring and point of sale advertising are some of the possible applications for this tiny Linux PC, but the £280 computer might also suit super-umers looking for a simple tion that provides Internet ss and supports basic ofﬁce cations. Having no hard disk, Linutop 2.4 is almost completely t, robust and energy efﬁcient.

Plug Computing is a new concept developed by Marvell as an alternative to P for managing digital m on home networks. Sm

to plug directly into a wall socket, a Plug Computer incorporates a gigahertz class processor, FLASH and DRAM memory and a USB 2.0 port for connecting peripherals. It connects to the home network via Gigabit Ethernet and is designed to draw less than one tenth of the power of a typical PC used as a home server. Marvell’s SheevaPlug development platform is already being used by Cloud Engines, which unveiled the Pogoplug at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this year. The $99 device connects external hard drives to the internet enabling users to view and share ﬁles and digital media remotely from any computer or mobile device.

ther company to explore the ibilities of combining plugs and puters (see PogoPlug) is Chip PC. ack PC converts a standard LAN into a thin client offering VDI ort and connectivity to any type opular Terminal, Citrix or legacy server. The Jack PC thin client can be ﬁtted into walls, ﬂoors and furniture and is powered by standard Power over Ethernet (PoE). With an average power consumption of 3.5W at full working mode, it is an economical alternative to PCs and other thin clients. The Jack PC’s small size and 10-year lifespan mean that it consumes far fewer resources and generates less waste than larger computers that must be replaced every three years.