Introduced on October 20th 2008, the HP Pavilion Phoenix is a desktop PC aimed at consumers who wish to purchase a new computer that will also help reduce their carbon footprint. Featuring recyclable packaging, the Verde uses the energy efficient AMD Phenom X4 9150e with a thermal evelope of 65w, 5GB of RAM, a 640GB HDD, DVD-writer with lightscribe, a 15-in-1 media card reader, six USB 2.0 ports, two FireWire ports, and VGA output powered by the onboard Nvidia 6150 SE. A nicer looking, slightly cheaper dual core model called the HP Pavilion Verde is also available.