Lenovo has revealed the ThinkCentre M57 Eco ultra small desktop PC. Lenovo claims that this is the first ever desktop that has received GreenGuard certification and is made of recycled materials from consumer plastics.
The GreenGuard certificate itself means that the new desktop is tested for up to 2000 different chemical emissions. Beside, the ThinkCentre M57 has also acquired other certifications such as EPEAT Gold rated and Energy Star 4.0 rated. Apart from the M57, M57P is another desktop PC available. However no specific difference between the M57 and M57P is known as of now.
Besides, the M57 range features Lenovo’s full suite of ThinkVantage Technologies. With the help of this technology, users can recover their desktop from viruses, update the system, clean up the hard drive and find help with the touch of a single button. The Intel vPro technology helps the IT staff to remotely perform system maintenance, including installing security patches and ensuring energy policy settings, even if the system is powered down or if the bios or hard drive is inoperative.
“In addition to environmental responsibility our business customers have demanded more manageability and lower operating costs – all in a very small design,†said Fran O’Sullivan, senior vice president of products, Lenovo. “With the M57/M57P we raised the bar by developing a small, compact offering that provides the highest levels of manageability and security while operating with less power consumption and noise. This is Lenovo’s most energy efficient ThinkCentre ever!â€
Besides, the ThinkCentre M57 features the latest Trusted Platform Module (TPM) security chip, which uses hardware to encrypt keys, passwords and digital certificates- protecting information from an external software attack. Also the new desktop gets the ability to disable/enable USB ports through BIOS.
While purchasing the ThinkCentre M57 users can choose their configuration from Intel Celeron / Core 2 Duo CPU options, up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM, integrated graphics, an 80GB / 160GB hard drive.
The price range of the ThinkCentre M57 Eco ultra small desktop PC starts from $699 (around Rs. 28,190).
nice, step towards making a PC eco-frendly.