{"id":915,"date":"2008-11-26T14:07:43","date_gmt":"2008-11-26T14:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ietransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=915"},"modified":"2008-11-26T14:07:43","modified_gmt":"2008-11-26T14:07:43","slug":"will-green-mac-bring-in-the-green-for-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/articles\/will-green-mac-bring-in-the-green-for-apple\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Green Mac Bring In The Green For Apple?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you checked out the new ad from Apple highlighting their green features? After Greenpeace ranked Apple as the worst technology company in terms of environmental issues<\/a>, Apple has worked to clean up their act. The new Mac notebooks<\/a> are their answer.<\/h3>\n

The company touts the devices as “the world’s greenest family of notebooks,” due to the combination of recyclable<\/a> materials, efficient power consumption and lack of hazardous chemicals. Steve Jobs issued a summary letter<\/a> shortly after the new MacBook debut, outlining the company’s environmental<\/a> efforts. The statement reiterated the promised to remove PVC and brominated flame retardants (BFRs) from all hardware by the end of 2008.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Will it make a difference in sales for Apple this holiday season? Joe Wilcox at Apple Watch<\/a> doesn’t think so:<\/p>\n

Last week, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster made big predictions for Apple’s holiday quarter. Wall Street had expected 2.6 million Macs, based on analyst consensus; Gene expects Apple to ship as many as 2.7 million Macs. Consensus had Apple selling 18.6 million iPods, with Gene predicting 18.5 million to 19 million. On Macs, I think Gene’s and the Street’s expectations are high.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don’t share Wall Street analysts’ enthusiasm for Apple holiday sales. Simply stated: Macs are priced too high.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And besides…is it really that green to run out and buy the latest new computer every 2 years. Moore’s Law<\/a> is, inherently not environmentally friendly!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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