This, and where is the environmental/social responsibility in making more fodder for landfills and burn plants and the use of highly poisonous chemicals and depletion of deep aquifer water just to turn a profit on a quarterly basis. It is entirely socially irresponsible. The manufacture of computers produces more chemical waste and pollution than anything I can think of. Apple just seems especially adept at masquerading their nefarious actions as clean and sleek and forward thinking.
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The design may well be comprised of “highly recyclable aluminum and glass” — but my friends in the electronics recycling industry tell me they have no way of recycling aluminum that has glass glued to it like Apple did with both this machine and the recent iPad.
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their energy efficiency data is disingenuous It discusses the engery the thing consumes and the packaging and how its being light weight, therefore using less material, is an environmental boon, it skips over the environmental cost of actually making the chips, wafers, mining the metals, etc. and then with a life cycle of 300 charges at which time, the entire thing needs replacing. at 12 hours of battery life per charge, that's just under a year of daily usage, maybe two if you power it down and use it occasionally.
I've been happily using my computer for over 7 years. In all the years I had macs not one of them lasted half as long. It goes beyond being smart or stupid. Uninformed, uneducated, and ignorant aren't the same as stupid. I don't think I should have to pay the environmental price for a person's stupidity or ignorance, nor for a company's greed.