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UK Greens Declare Vista Bad For Environment

Posted by kdawson on from the riding-the-hype dept.

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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  1. Linux is bad for it too by suso · · Score: 5, Funny

    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?

    1. Re:Linux is bad for it too by ap0 · · Score: 5, Funny

      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.

  2. CompSci students - heads up! by Rufty · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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

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  3. GUI landfills? by ciaohound · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

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