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As if the iPad's 45 to 60 million projected buyers (this year alone) need any more reasons to justify its triple-digit price tag, the device may have the potential to reduce our carbon footprint. The UK's Guardian recently surveyed the environmental pros and cons of the iPad, as well as other tablets. First the bad news: "The collective carbon footprint of all the tablets sold this decade would be approximately 24.8bn kg of CO2 by 2014, about the equivalent carbon footprint of Tunisia or Angola," says the Guardian.
On the other hand, the iPad is a fierce competitor to many existing technologies and as such, could singlehandedly create the end of an era for products that leave far bigger footprints. For one, tablet sales are already outpacing sales of their bulkier computer comrades, including desktops, workstations, laptops, and netbooks. In fact, researchers at International Data Corporation and Gartner both reported declining PC sales worldwide in the first quarter of 2011, marking the first drop in sales since the recession. The New York Times even identified the desktop computer as a gadget you should just get rid of.
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