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Apple Exits "Green Hardware" Certification Program

Posted by timothy on from the shiny-star-sticker dept.

westlake writes "CNET reports that Apple is turning its back on the EPA supported EPEAT hardware certification program. One of the problems EPEAT sees are barriers to recycling. Batteries and screens glued into place — that sort of thing. There is a price for Apple in this: CIO Journal notes that the U.S. government requires that 95 percent of its electronics bear the EPEAT seal of approval; large companies such as Ford and Kaiser Permanente require their CIOs to buy from EPEAT-certified firms; and many of the largest universities in the U.S. prefer to buy EPEAT-friendly gear."

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  1. No Surprise There by getto+man+d · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Profit > The Environment

    1. Re:No Surprise There by cheesybagel · · Score: 5, Insightful

      If the pieces are glued in a way they can't be easily separated you need to trash everything that is glued because of one malfunctioning piece. "Repairs" may end up trashing a large chunk of the appliance.

    2. Re:No Surprise There by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 5, Insightful

      ...spoilt brats who don't give a crap about anything unless it is fashionable

      You worked yourself into a lather about someone else's choice of product, to the point of creating a caricature to beat up. Be happy with your own choices and don't obsess over people who make a different choice.

  2. Apple doesn't give a crap about business anyway by mwfischer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No xserves, Lion Server is a piece of shit, ARD is a $90 add-on, took 3 years for a corporate iOS configuration tool, 5 for a competent one, Final Cut X rivals Windows Movie Composer, Mac Pros are $4,000 for almost 3 year old hardware, and with 10.8 tethering every machine to the App Store there are no "unregistered" machines...

    They're pro-sumer devices anymore.

    1. Re:Apple doesn't give a crap about business anyway by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The windows logo.

  3. Re:EPEAT = Ugly? by Osgeld · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Glue is not a replacement for proper engineering

  4. Re:EPEAT = Ugly? by rabtech · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You are over thinking it and/or biased. Apple uses glue because it is faster to manufacture and it frees you from certain structural constraints. I don't like that from a repair standpoint but I understand why they do it.

    The MacBook Retina has soldered memory because that allows the case to be smaller and the structure doesn't need accomadation for an access panel. It also simplifies the trace routing since you don't need to deal with a memory slot. I would also bet that 90% of their users never upgrade the memory in their laptops, so why compromise just for the 10%? I don't like this choice but it isn't some arbitrary scheme to scam people.

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