San Francisco To Stop Buying Apple Computers

New submitter djnanite writes "Following on from the story that Apple has exited the 'Green Hardware' certification program, the BBC reports that City officials in San Francisco plan to block local government agencies from buying new Apple's Macintosh computers. Will they be the first of many, or will cheaper products override people's conscience? 'Other CIOs in government and educational institutions, where Apple has a strong presence, could find themselves asked to drop MacBooks and iMacs. The federal government, for example, requires 95% of its laptops and desktops be EPEAT-certified.' Apple defended the move by saying their products are environmentally superior in areas not measured by EPEAT."

Comments

Hmm

[Anonymous Coward]

The beginning of the end for Apple

Re:Hmm

[geminidomino]

Oh before that. In 92-93 in college I had to deal with other idiot students saying stuff like "The Mac is not a computer" and how it was junk from the past. It's been dying for 20 years now.

Except that's the point. It WAS dying in 92-93. That's why they brought Jobs back in 96 after ousting him 11 years earlier. That same Hail Mary isn't going to work this time. (Who wants their computer, no matter how stylish, to keep trying to eat their brains at night?)

Re:Hmm

[BronsCon]

I don't think the people of San Francisco appreciate being made the butt of your jokes.

Re:Hmm

[Tough Love]

The current CEO may have been running things, but you can bet your ass he was taking input from Jobs when he was around.

Are you referring to the rumours that Steve Jobs was gay?

Ohhh shiny

[Anonymous Coward]

Apple defended the move by saying their products are environmentally superior in areas not measured by EPEAT."

They must mean those superior shiny rounded rectangular areas.

Re:Ohhh shiny

[lurker412]

Their coolness reduces global warming.

Re:Ohhh shiny

[Anonymous Coward]

Apple,
Design is EVERYTHING.

Looks pretty on the desk
looks pretty on your lap
looks pretty in your pocket

now you get to see it in one piece looking pretty in the dump too.

Re:Who the eff cares?

[bill_mcgonigle]

Are people around the world basing their IT decisions on what the City of San Francisco does?

Yes, we're planning to incarcerate our network security guy in Q4.

This is the top 5% the Occupy folks protest about!

[PolygamousRanchKid]

The federal government, for example, requires 95% of its laptops and desktops be EPEAT-certified.

So, only the top 5% elite of government folks get Apples, and the other 95% normal folks just get inferior, non-cool and non-chic EPEAT made of unreliable biodegradable materials that dissolve in the rain! This just isn't fair! Why should only the top 5% get Apples!

Occupy the federal government!

Re:conscience?

[Anonymous Coward]

What? Apple's using inferior glue? Why, that's outrageous! Demand GNLUE, the free adhesive that will liberate us all from Apple's proprietary, impermanent adhesives!

The letter of the law...

[drkim]

I believe Apple doesn't want to comply with the EPEAT standard because it doesn't start with a lower case 'i' --> iPEAT

sigh...

[Black Parrot]

I have a really witty comment about San Francisco stopping buying Apple computers, but it's in poor taste, and would probably be perceived as an attempt at flamsterbaition, rather than the sincere attempt at being a smartass that it would actually be.

So I'll skip posting it, but you might want to pretend I did and mod me town as a troll anyway, just for thinking of it.

Re:False Dillema

[eggstasy]

Boy, you sure have very expensive fruit over there.