The A61e can run on either the 45-watt AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor or the AMD Sempron single-core processor.
Lenovo claims that the desktop's power supply is "85 percent efficient" and performs better than demanded by the criteria for attaining the Energy Star 4.0 rating. The manufacturer suggests that the A61e can even provide up to 50 percent savings in energy costs when compared to previous models.
By Lenovo's calculations, one user of the A61e could save the equivalent of the carbon-dioxide emissions created by two round-trip plane flights from Boston to New York (totalling around 1,200km worth of travel) every year, while a large enterprise deployment of 50,000 desktops could save more than £500,000 in annual energy costs.
Estimated retail prices for the A61e begin at around £290.
