“I’m not sure which is more surprising: that Dell would publicly criticize Apple’s environmental claims in a post to the company’s Direct2Dell blog or that anyone would pay any attention whatsoever to that post, which is poorly researched and as unwieldy and silly as late ’90s-era Inspiron,” John Paczkowski writes for AllThingsD.
MacDailyNews Take: Come on, John; Dell’s current OS-limited Inspirons are as just as unwieldy and silly.
Paczkowski continues, “Like a heckler emboldened by one-too-many Prairie Dogs, Dell lobs (DELL) catcalls at Apple’s latest MacBook ad, which claims the machine is the “greenest” notebook on the market, thanks to its environmentally responsible unibody enclosure and the recyclable materials from which it’s made. Dell apparently finds such claims to be disingenuous and would prefer us all to think that its notebooks are the greenest.”
“One would think that any company planning to accuse Apple of making bogus claims about green laptops and failing to engage in a meaningful dialogue about its environmental obligations would conduct the due diligence necessary to back them up,” Paczkowski writes. “Not Dell, though.”
“Because if the company had done its due diligence, 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 recycle its older products. It might have found Apple’s 2008 Environmental Update as well. That document explains, in a fair bit of detail, the company’s efforts to temper the environmental impact not just of Apple products, but the company’s facilities, and offers a nice overview of Apple’s recycling program and Supplier Code of Conduct, too,” Paczkowski writes.
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Dell is dead. And it sounds like they know it.
Apple’s new MacBooks. The world’s greenest family of notebooks:
Direct link to video via YouTube here.
seriously dell….
Do you hear that sound Mikey? Yes, that’s the sound of people walking AWAY from your crappy machines. People NOT buying your crappy stuff.
Why don’t you just follow your own advice and make your shareholders happy. Or at least, relieve their suffering.
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Dell is greenest.
What could be greener than pushing up daisies?
When you have nothing else…lie.
Based solely on Greenpeace recommendations, my next environmentally friendly laptop will be an Acer Netbook which I will need to last as long as my current Powerbook G4. Anyone got any recommendations on how to adapt when the right half of the Acer’s keyboard dies in 6 months?
Aparrantly to qualify for the “green” status, Apple had to forgo the anti-glare coating.
It’s isn’t easy, being green.
You’ll find out when the only car you’ll be able to buy costs $40,000, only goes 40 miles before needing 8 hours to recharge and has a near perfect death rate in accidents.
Accidents occur, you can’t stop all of them. the higher up you are and the more metal protecting you the better.
Being disfigured for life isn’t fun. I only drive SUV’s from now on.
@Old Mac Addict
Methinks you need to get out more. From the one above and your other comments today, you’re in serious danger of being relegated to the back wing of the Smithsonian…
The only thing green about Dell is the stuff, Steve, Dell guy was smoking when he was busted.
Dell is actually greener. They have green laptops in their commercials.
@OMA,
Wow, you do know that sitting high up in an SUV raises your COG, Center of Gravity, so that the vast majority of rollover deaths, due to decapitation, occur in an SUV, and rarely in cars.
I’m sure you feel real safe up there. Are you sure you are getting enough oxygen to the brain?
@ KenC
I’m sure OMA is getting enough oxygen up there as your limp-wristed, virgin-mobile Prius is getting crushed under the tires of his Ford Expedition….