UK Greens Declare Vista Bad For Environment

schwaang writes "The UK Green Party says that Vista's DRM requirements will force many unnecessary hardware upgrades. Quoting: 'There will be thousands of tonnes of dumped monitors, video cards, and whole computers that are perfectly capable of running Vista — except for the fact they lack the paranoid lock down mechanisms Vista forces you to use. That's an offensive cost to the environment. Future archaeologists will be able to identify a "Vista Upgrade Layer" when they go through our landfill sites.'"

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Linux is bad for it too

[suso]

Linux users probably use more CD-Rs because versions of Linux have come out more frequently than versions of Windows. Think of how many Linux CD-Rs you've written since Windows XP came out years ago. Probably enough to make plastic to make a monitor casing?

Re:Linux is bad for it too

[ap0]

Plus, since many people keep around old computers and throw Linux on them instead of properly disposing of them, they are sucking up power unnecessarily.

Re:Linux is bad for it too

[Lodragandraoidh]

I've 'rescued' many computers from the dump - all of them put together from mix and match parts, and a brain transplant (Linux). I've got all the Pentium II or better machines I've owned, and even rescued a 486 laptop and shoehorned Slackware 10 onto it - and grafted a curses based window system (twin) onto it for added usability.

So I plan to hit the used computer store and garage sale market hard now that Vista has come out. I'll be able to finally put together that 100 node Beowulf cluster I've always been wanting...cheap!

Re:Linux is bad for it too

[slashbob22]

No speed problems at all (just no Aero). It ran about the same as 2000 did before it. Where have I heard this before... Wait, Windows ME, is that you?

Re:Linux is bad for it too

[SkyDude]

For laughs, I put AOL stickers on them and send them to my friends and former employers.

Vista Upgrade Layer

[zakeria]

or it could be that nothing is found indicating the mass XP to Linux switch..

CompSci students - heads up!

[Rufty]

Free linux workstations coming soon to a dumpster near you!!!

(Worked for my Masters, could work for you, too...)

GUI landfills?

[ciaohound]

Why would a landfill upgrade to Vista? Are they currently on XP? Are they even x86 architecture? I could see putting Java on them, for the garbage collection.

Kittens

[MyNameIsEarl]

As if being bad foor the environment wasn't bad enough, everytime someone upgrades to Vista God kills a kitten.

Re:Kittens

[AxminsterLeuven]

Bit of a moral dilemma then, isn't it? 'cause every time someone installs Linux Steve Ballmer throws a chair at a puppy...

EU gets Vista-N, no media player = no DRM

[Marbleless]

Since good Europeans would be buying the -N editions without media player, they can't play DRM content anyway!

So why would they need to upgrade their monitor? ;)

Wow

[Headcase88]

Windows Vista -- Our OS boots up so slowly that shutting down the computer is an advanced option.

Re:Sure

[teh_chrizzle]

nah, stallman is god the father, torvolds is god the son, and the GPL is god the holy spirit.