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I have been thinking about Apple and EPEAT for a while now. Why not make MacBooks with removable batteries etc that are not outdated for governments etc that ne

• PSJ707 11y ago
  I agree. While I understand that Apple's philosophy of controlling the entirety of the user experience is somewhat sacred territory, they have already violated it several times. First ITunes on Windows which resulted in a huge windfall and introduced non-tech people to Apple's software, and then again (although this is more in the opinion realm) when they loosened restrictions on Iphone software. If they made a modular, powerful, and somewhat affordable MacBook, I just think it would sell like hotcakes.
• derefr 11y ago
  Apple's laptop internals are increasingly commoditized, to the point that with things like the 12" Macbook, you can basically consider them a battery in a case with ~$100 worth of other stuff attached. You may as well throw the whole thing in the battery recycling bin. (Also, given the way the battery cells are packed directly inside the case now, a sealed Macbook has the same number of layers of aluminum between the recycler and the electrolyte as a regular AA battery has. It'd probably be more trouble for the recycler if you take the battery out: they'd be having to deal with a soft bag of electrolyte that may have been punctured in transit.)
  • yuhong 11y ago
    There is still the matter of EPEAT though.