Acer Aspire Vero
Mean, green, eco machine
The Acer Aspire Vero is an admirable attempt to make a more sustainable laptop.
SUSTAINABILITY is an undeniably tricky issue for the PC hardware industry. Mining the resources needed to manufacture computer components has a significant environmental impact, and those components are shipped around the globe in pollution-spewing cargo ships and heavy goods vehicles. Then there’s the energy usage; powerful PCs glug down electricity and spew out heat, with crypto mining proving to be a significant contributor to global CO2 emissions.
One eco-friendly laptop isn’t going to fix everything, but that doesn’t mean it can’t try. Acer has pulled out all the stops to produce its first super-green computer, the Aspire Vero. Every aspect of the Vero’s design has sustainability in mind—the outer casing is made of post-consumerrecycled (PCR) plastics and the keycaps are 50 percent PCR. The chassis is paintfree to reduce manufacturing pollution. Even the packaging uses recycled paper and cardboard.