I've lived in Oklahoma for 6 years and have never seen a tumbleweed --- this is finally my chance!

I-BOOK, IPOD, I-POD, iPOD --- no one ever gets it right, it's iPod. Unrelated, but it's not a razor, it's a razr.

I've had a MBP C2D for 2 months now, problem free --- it's actually still in mint condition after heavy use.

If a few bad ones = OMG FEARRR DONT BUY!!?!!!!!!11!!!one!!

does

a lot of good experiences = POMG BUY TWO, ONE FOR EACH HAND?S?!

It's not so much an Apple bias --- I don't believe Apple to be the greatest thing to ever grace the planet or anything like that.

I just don't feel that Dell, HP, Gateway, Sony, or anyone else is doing anything better than Apple, and that the attacks are undeserved political games.

I'm still looking for any evidence that puts Dell / HP / etc ahead of Apple in the game. All of them could do more to help the enviroment.. but things like "give us $100, we won't match it at all, or donate anything, and we'll pass it on to a charity in order for us to look good." Are just silly gimmicks, they all have them.

They're all companies and they all do what they have to in order to profit.

Further reading...

According to EPEAT

Apple Avg: 16.777778
Toshiba Avg: 16
Dell Avg: 14.8
Hewlett Packard Avg: 14.8
Sony Avg: 14.6
Gateway Avg: 0

Quite a bit different then Greenpeaces story? Yes.

Please cite a source other then Greenpeaces admittedly biased scores that suggest Apple just merely "complies" and doesn't exceed toxicity requirements.

I believe Apple was one of the first to comply with the newer EU requirements. Apple was also the first to phase out lead in their products --- something some manufactorers still haven't done.

Well, Greenpeace has a political agenda, and they even state that much of their frustration and reason for placing Apple in last is that they haven't provided Greenpeace with a timeline for phasing out certain materials etc etc.

Greenpeace gave Dell VERY high marks, and placed Apple in very last.

In comparison, according to the EPEAT website (whom's research is supported by the US Government) Apple outscores Dell by far.

Apple: http://www.epeat.net/SearchResults.aspx?ProductType=0&manufacturer=32&rating=1

and

Dell: http://www.epeat.net/SearchResults.aspx?ProductType=0&manufacturer=28&rating=1

Dell isn't a horrible company --- I'm against outsourcing all together, but really if companies are going to start having karma like people, when's the bus coming back around for Halliburton / Tyco / SWBell and ATT / Diebold etc?

The problem I have with Greenpeace is that Apple is actually doing well compared to other computer companies, and is working to become greener. Greenpeace and such is just mad at Apple for not playing their game and giving them a pretty timeline.

So it isn't that Apple is overly toxic compared to other computer companies, it's that they won't play the Greenpeace's games ---- so they're all getting in a little tiff and doing crap like this and trying to make viral marketing videos.

I've actually really got into Grey's Anatomy on ABC.