I'm betting EPEAT gets updated after this slap by the maker of the most environmentally friendly computers on the market.
Along with Apple announcing a return, EPEAT is now talking about revising their standards to include things they haven't thought of. My bet is that EPEAT asked Apple to come back, but Apple demanded an update of their standards.
Interesting, how, from one week to the next, what wasn’t EPEAT compatible, is suddenly, EPEAT compatible. How does a piece of equipment become EPEAT compatible, if the design and manufacturing process hasn’t changed at all?
Something tells me that, perhaps, there is some behind-the-door negotiations which includes kickbacks. Nothing makes the regulators see things your way, than some “monetary favors”. I don’t have any evidence for that at all, except, it’s highly suspicious. And, those pieces of equipment from Apple aren’t EPEAT compatible, for the same reasons which were outlined in the original argument. Nothing has changed, except for, perhaps, the suspicious negotiations which, miraculously, made them compatible.