Apple Pulls Products from Environmental EPEAT Registry

[yusukeaoki]

Tbh, I really don't care.
If its not going to change the quality of the product, maybe even better, go for it.

 

[Thomas P.]

Well now that we have this move from Apple, I feel like Apple is now trying to get out of the shell, and trying to spread its wings after getting enough success. Lets see if government or other authorities take any action on it?

 

[terraphantm]

To use Steve Jobs' words: fortune 500 companies are 500 orifices to go through in order to sell anything. We're not good at that.

I doubt they give a rats about corporate. By their own admission, they're in the consumer business.

True, but I think the loss of government sales can be pretty significant. I'm interning at NIH, and just about every computer here is an iMac or Mac Pro...

 

[macidiot]

Seriously, how many Dell or HP owners actually open up their laptops and replace RAM, increase the size of their hard drives, or replace their batteries? Sure, the computer geeks will do it because they enjoy it, but most companies automatically replace their PCs every 3 years on a lease and don't even think about interim upgrades. Most regular people get a virus and rather than spend money having the Geek Squad or local teenager rebuild their computer, they just buy another one that's newer and faster anyway.

Considering how many Dell or HP machines are used in the enterprise, I would think a lot are opened up at some point.

I would think that anyone with an EPEAT certification requirement would be opening up the laptops at some point.

Most likely they would be corporate, charity, government. It is common practice to have imaged drives and simply swap them out when repurposing or when something goes wrong or even when there is a software update of some kind. This is often a very time effective method and common practice. It is also not unusual to perform RAM swaps/upgrades. Not to mention battery swaps.

I think you are considering the typical requirements and usage of a consumer vs. the requirements of a body that actually cares about EPEAT certification.

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No I don't. But you'll note screws can get loose over time, allowing for the battery to start moving around in there.

I don't think I've ever heard of a screw coming loose in a laptop. Assuming it wasn't loose to begin with, which I have also never heard of. But I have heard of screws coming loose in people... 😉

 

[Azurael]

Considering how many Dell or HP machines are used in the enterprise, I would think a lot are opened up at some point.

I would think that anyone with an EPEAT certification requirement would be opening up the laptops at some point.

Most likely they would be corporate, charity, government. It is common practice to have imaged drives and simply swap them out when repurposing or when something goes wrong or even when there is a software update of some kind. This is often a very time effective method and common practice. It is also not unusual to perform RAM swaps/upgrades. Not to mention battery swaps.

I think you are considering the typical requirements and usage of a consumer vs. the requirements of a body that actually cares about EPEAT certification.

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I don't think I've ever heard of a screw coming loose in a laptop. Assuming it wasn't loose to begin with, which I have also never heard of. But I have heard of screws coming loose in people... 😉

I've seen loose/missing screws in machines that were never opened before. But not Apples. Mainly Dells, in fact... Which is surprising given their love of that blue thread-locking goo.

 

[SteinMaster]

Yeah! G*d d*mn government trying to protect our environment and keep our air and water clean! Who the heck do they think they are? Corporate profits aren't high enough, let's move everything to China!

Oh, wait....

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I should have said over-regulation. Some regulation is good (per your attached photo). US is over-regulated by Obama Administration (EPA, Obamacare, USDA), which resulted in sustained high unemployment and and no recovery.