"Plant a Tree for Me"

Deepening Our Roots in Second Life

Direct2Dell — Tue, 01 May 2007 20:31:49 GMT

Recently, the VP of Marketing at HP blogged about why they are not in Second Life , and I think the title

re: "Plant a Tree for Me"

Chris — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:04:26 GMT

Like Sam said above, I thought this was a great thing at first until I read further and saw its a donation thing. Personally, I have no problem giving 6 bucks if it will help the earth, but thats beside the point. Dell should be doing this for *every* computer sold at Dell's expense - especially since Dell's laptops and desktops have gone up in price about 30% across the board for similar speced out systems in the past year, which I'm sure Dell could put $6 aside for planting a tree.

re: "Plant a Tree for Me"

ridiculous — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:23:44 GMT

I recall several months ago seeing details of Dell providing power efficient versions of some of their server equipment, the major drawback being that they cost ~20% more.
Now supposedly you'd make the extra cost in the savings you'd gain from the power efficiency's but try selling that to the people who sign your cheques.

Surely a company concerned with doing the environmental thing would have pushed their new energy efficient models at the same price mark as the old power hungry models and earn back any losses by promoting themselves as the company with that earth-friendly view point and cost-saving servers?

Michael Dell, I'll go plant a tree, but it will be for my sake and not for yours.

re: "Plant a Tree for Me"

Pointguard1122 — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:10:53 GMT

I see this as a nice PR thing to do as well as something good for the environment. I hope to see other companies doing similar things. Another great way to help the environment would be for Dell to make computers that are much more upgradable. Swapable mobos, power supplies, ect would make it possible for customers to purchase a few compnents while reusing many other current parts instead of buying a whole NEW system every few years. This would be both good for the environment and for the customer. Dell may lose potential revenue in the short run, but should increase customer loyalty in the long run. This seems to be WIN/WIN for everyone. I should work in R&D. :)

re: "Plant a Tree for Me"

Sam Millet — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:35:48 GMT

Wonderful idea.

However, contradtictory to the carbon tradining market that exists today. Primarily producers, not consumers are responsible for their carbon production. Dell shuld pay to plant a tree for every computer sold - not enable the consumer to donate money to make it happen. That is an earth-friendly idea, not the publicity stunt that plant a tree for me really is.

re: "Plant a Tree for Me"

David H. Deans — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:47:28 GMT

FYI, some Wall Street analysts are already questioning if CES was the right venue for this announcement.

I find it ironic that those same financial analysts that rush to ridicule Dell have in some way contributed to the company's problems by how they choose to measure 'performance.'

My column entitled "The Rise and Stall of the Dell Marketing Machine" addresses this very isuue in what I believe is a more fair assessment.

DHD

re: "Plant a Tree for Me"

Mathieu — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:18:30 GMT

Wonderfull, I would love to see more company offering the same "value-added" to the environment!!! Congrats!!!