Do other manufacturers other than Apple adhere to EPEAT? Do tablets and smart phones made by other manufacturers as well as Apple fall under EPEAT rules? A lot of this so-called reporting is just targetting Apple for a segment of their products. They’re talking only laptops here. Not the entire Apple line.
It smells to me like the typical blogpimp gambit:
"I know! Let's work 'Apple' into a headline, that'll get us blog hits!!"The facts may all be true, and they may be true now (ior in the near future) of many other companies putting out tight, lightweight devices. But the way the headline reads, Apple just told all their hippie-dip eco-enviro-conscious fans to go take a hike. Wow, hit that link!!
I doubt very much Apple has that in mind, with one caveat. Apple is in the technology business to be the best and make a profit. If they can be groovy at the same time, great. But groovy without profit is a starving artist in a garret.
Anyone who thinks that replaceable and recyclable parts don't add cost, weight, size, and (if there are connectors) unreliability, hasn't been paying attention to electronics the past 5 decades.
Same old crapola -- put "Apple" in the headline, get blog hits.