I remember the days when going Eco meant somehow going without – we had to sacrifice looks or performance or both if we were going to do our little bit to help the planet. Well it seems that those days of gone and the latest Enigin blog, confirms that Eco equals beautiful!

I was very excited to read that Sony had launched four new ranges of notebooks, and even more excited when I realised that they were designed with environmental impact in mind. The environment, and our impact on it, is always foremost in my mind. I am a firm believer that the climate change that we see happening so much now is man made. We all need to act now to safeguard the future of our planet and of course the main way that we can do this is to reduce our carbon footprint. You may wonder how the actions of one person can make an impact upon the environment but if we all do or little bit then I am confident that eventually we can reverse the damaging trends of climate change.

That is why I am particularly supportive of companies like Enigin, who are committed to helping businesses and consumers save energy, so when I saw that they were praising the new Sony Vaio ranges I just had to check them out!

The range that particularly appealed to me was the Sony Vaio ‘W’ Series. This is the smallest computer in their range and is being marketed as being ‘eco-friendly’. To all intents and purposes this is a netbook running Windows 7. I love the netbook concept and have been happily using my Acer Aspire for the last year or so but I now plan to purchase a Vaio W. The 10 inch screen is small but perfectly formed and is LED lit but the thing that I like most about the design of this computer is the casing and its beautiful green glow. Green in every sense of the word as the body is 23% made up of recycled CDs (see there is a use for Lady GaGa after all) and the outer case is recycled from plastic bottles.

The battery life is fantastic for a notebook, and this only enhances its eco friendly credentials. As far as I am concerned, when I get my hands on my Vaio W the future’s bright, the future’s green!