Re:There should be, yes. But... (Score 1)

I want a cardboard computer! That would kick ass.

Back to the topic though:
Bigger box, less units per pallette, more trucks/planes/boats to ship it, more Gasoline, more space on shelf, more air conditioning in store.

But then it keeps some acne-laden nerd at CompUSA and an overweight and undersexed truck driver in full employment and gets rid of those nasty rainforests and fossil fuel reserves that blight our landscape.

Can you say capitalism? We love it.

Footnote: interesting angle that napster might want to play - "we're preserving the world's scarce plastic reserves"