Dell pledges to be more energy efficient

Dell is pledging to reduce the energy consumption of its notebooks and desktops by up to 25 percent. This is to happen within two years, and will be achieved by more energy-efficient circuit designs, fans, and more advanced power-management features. By working with suppliers, Dell also expects to leverage on lower power components in areas such as the chipsets, power supplies, and memories.

In the past, Dell had been criticized for bundling an excessive amount of unnecessary software--or bloatware--onto its systems. It has since announced that most of this pre-installed software will be offered as an option at the point of configuration.

For more on Dell's push to be more power efficient:
- check out the InformationWeek article