>"All eligible products" is a key, the new iPad with its glued in battery is not among them.
True, but OTOH, then can't go back in time and change it's design now that they decided to go back with EPEAT, can they?
>It's like bragging you made your automobile frame out of solid titanium with a carbon fiber shell, but ignoring the fact that you built the engine without any way to change the oil, so you're going to be throwing it out or sending it in for major costly service after a short time
Yes, if we ignore the fact that for the analogy to work:
1) Most people would not ever have the oil in their cars changed.
2) The car runs fine without an oil change for as many --or even more-- years as others cars that do permit oil change.
Buying a MBP Retina now, with Apple warranty repairs and/or Apple Care, you get as many years as you would use any Dell or IBM or other laptop.
Maybe some people would like to update RAM and HD and use them for 1-2 more years, but how many are those people? Judging from the giant success of Apple retail stores and the relative obscurity of iFixit and such sites/services, not that many.
True, but OTOH, then can't go back in time and change it's design now that they decided to go back with EPEAT, can they?
>It's like bragging you made your automobile frame out of solid titanium with a carbon fiber shell, but ignoring the fact that you built the engine without any way to change the oil, so you're going to be throwing it out or sending it in for major costly service after a short time
Yes, if we ignore the fact that for the analogy to work:
1) Most people would not ever have the oil in their cars changed.
2) The car runs fine without an oil change for as many --or even more-- years as others cars that do permit oil change.
Buying a MBP Retina now, with Apple warranty repairs and/or Apple Care, you get as many years as you would use any Dell or IBM or other laptop.
Maybe some people would like to update RAM and HD and use them for 1-2 more years, but how many are those people? Judging from the giant success of Apple retail stores and the relative obscurity of iFixit and such sites/services, not that many.