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As human beings, it is our duty to be good stewards of the environment. If you care about your mom (the other mom, Mother Earth), you can be wise about how you spend the planet’s resources when you make your laptop-buying decision. Two issues are important: power usage and materials.

In power usage, laptops have always been ahead of the computer desktop curve when it comes to getting the most from our planet’s energy resources. See Chapter 10 for information on power management.

Beyond power usage, you can check the greenness of your laptop’s materials: Some laptops are designed from environmentally friendly materials or at least contain no lead, mercury, plutonium, mayonnaise, or other toxic materials. Even better, some laptops are designed to be recycled. The only way to know is to check with the manufacturer; they love boasting about such things.