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A Greener Apple
Apple has been criticized by some environmental organizations for not being a leader in removing toxic chemicals from its new products, and for not aggressively or properly recycling its old products. Upon investigating Apple’s current practices and progress towards these goals, I was surprised ...
The Apple Store
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Apple Store  (U.S.) - Apple LED Cinema Display
Apple Store (U.S.) - Apple LED Cinema Display
macnn.com — With the Apple LED Cinema Display, you can turn your new MacBook into a desktop in three... easy connections. The universal MagSafe connector charges your notebook. A new Mini DisplayPort connector makes attaching an external display even easier and ... (more) Apple Store (U.S.) - Apple LED Cinema Display
Microsoft Responds to New MacBooks, Just Says "Apple Tax" Eight Times [Microsoft]
Microsoft Responds to New MacBooks, Just Says "Apple Tax" Eight Times [Microsoft]
gizmodo.com — In an email of talking points circulated by Microsoft spokespeople, the company addresses the various rumors about... today's new MacBooks, preemptively claiming that they will be overpriced, underspec'd and locked down. They offer charts comparing the ... (more) Microsoft Responds to New MacBooks, Just Says "Apple ...
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Apple tops enviro-friendly study despite previous bad marks
Infinite Loop — ... ." This was the ninth edition of Greenpeace's evaluation of market leaders' policies and practices on toxic chemicals, recycling, and energy. Apple's current score is a 4.1 out of 10, which places the company behind Sony, Toshiba, Dell, Acer, HP, and Panasonic. It should come as no surprise that Apple's Jekyll & Hyde-like image of being a famously quiet but friendly company is cited for this misconception. In addition to highly-publicized statements like Steve Jobs' " A Greener Apple ," things like Apple's slick marketing and cardboard-slimming package design probably ...

Apple products announced today: It's easier being green
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... , A Greener Apple, announcing a long-term plan to "protect the environment and make our business more sustainable." The letter was released partly in response to a ...

The New Macbook Is Apple’s Greenest Yet [Earth2Tech]
GigaOM Network — ... has been on the computer maker’s case for years, demanding that the company offer more transparency and firm timelines for improving its manufacturing, product design and recycling. Since Jobs penned his A Greener Apple essay, the Apple CEO has taken time during his keynotes to address the new and improved environmental features Apple keeps rolling out. “They’ve been making incremental progress all along, but its very exciting to see all these Gold products qualify all at once,” Sarah O’Brien of EPEAT told us. ...

Steve Jobs posts Apple's 2008 Environmental Update
Infinite Loop — ... , the public, about his vision for " A Greener Apple ." At that time, Jobs indirectly acknowledged Greenpeace's constant critiques about the company's efforts on reducing toxic chemicals and waste in its products and packaging. He said that Apple would be more forthcoming regarding environmental policies and would begin making a number of changes, such as introducing LED-backlit displays to its products and recycling more. Today, Jobs has updated us on Apple's environmental progress since that first essay. In a ...

Environmentalists Cheer on Apple for Getting Greener
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... And although some parts of the notebooks still contain the chemical, Apple eliminated their use of two other toxic chemicals, chlorine and bromine, Steve Jobs said in his "Greener Apple" statement. ...

DTV Transition Will 'Puke' Toxics on Environment, Says Recycling Group
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... from Greenpeace, an environmental organization, for reducing the use of harmful toxins in its manufacturing processes of new MacBooks. Steve Jobs said in his "Greener Apple" statement that Apple will continue working toward greener hardware. ...

New Apple Commercial Shows Intentions With Going Green
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — ... to maximize energy efficiency and minimize the carbon footprint of the MacBook. Even the packaging was reconsidered and reduced, so there would be smaller boxes to ship and less material to recycle. The result is exactly what we hoped for: the greenest family of notebooks ever made. Read - The New Green Macbooks Read - Apple and the Environment Read - Apple 2008 Environmental Update Read - Environmental Performance 2008 Read - Steve Jobs Letter, “A Greener Apple”

Dell Green, Alright — Green With Envy
Digital Daily — ... Because if the company had done its due dilligence, surely it would have stumbled across Steve Jobs’s “A Greener Apple” essay, which details the company’s efforts to remove toxic chemicals from its products and to recyle its older products. It might have found ...

Dell VP: Apple Green Ads Not “Truthful”
The Mac Observer — ... , Mr. Pearson claimed that Apple has failed to engage in open communication about environmental concerns. "If you want to make 'big claims,' you should be willing to tell 'big stories' in an open environment and let others critique your efforts," he said. "Don't skip this step and go right to ads that may not even be truthful." Apple has, however, publicly addressed environmental concerns, most notably in an open letter CEO Steve Jobs wrote and published on the company's Web site. Apple has also devoted a ...

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