Apple updates green website

I agree with you. Putting major PR money into the 'green' thing might be good for the soul, maybe, but I'd sure rather see the effort and money being put into neat stuff that plugs in and lights up.

I guess I'm bored and jaded, but 'green' seems to be the new distraction.

Now if they could only stop mistreating their employees...

http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2009/09/22/store-discord-may-result-in-employee-walk-out/

Unfortunately, getting most people and businesses to care about the environment is nearly impossible. You have to some reason to have an interest in it. In the case of businesses, the public seems to care about these matters, so it is in their best interest to make computers that are "green."

Of course, this means they are doing it for money. But why exactly is this negative? The consumer wins with great and environmental products, and Apple wins with more customers who want green products. You are deluded to think that the majority of people would actually care enough to do things for the environment and the environment alone. See how that works? I can call anyone delusional if I focus on what they didn't say, or in other words assumptions about what they think.

On the plastic, while I agree, the size reduction they have done makes up in part for the use of plastic. In addition, we don't know the source of the plastic. Maybe it is recycled plastic. I can't find any info on it though.

I "love" this knee-jerk reaction to any company's actions. Companies are in business to make money (duh!), and that's not a bad thing! But any action that is done for some greater good is always slapped with "they're doing it just to rip more money out of our hands, those greedy capitalist pigs!" Seriously people?

Not to mention that man-made climate change is complete hoax. Get your head out of your butts and actually read the research papers (not newspapers) that have been published over the last couple of years and evidence is plain as can be. Temps are slowly and steadily dropping, ice caps are growing, all while CO2 is hitting new highs.

Dangit, this would have been very useful to me last year when I was doing a science report on environmental impact of computers, but couldn't get any research so my experiment was me watching youtube videos until my battery died.

There is also an BusinessWeek interview on the subject, a coincidence?

Steve Jobs on the Greening of Apple
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2009/tc20090925_936881.htm

Glad to know my 2006 MBP is killing the earth. Makes me feel just that much more dead inside.

I'm typing this on the most toxic MBP in existence. Neat.

And all the worlds whiny butt earth nerds breath easier. *rolling eyes*

I am not sure, but I thought the 2006 MacBook didn't have a glass cover over it's display. Hence it most likely didn't contain any arsenic either...