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You CAN Be Too Thin: Apple Dumps Sustainable Design Principle For a Few Millimeters and A Smooth Bottom For Design Fetishists To Fondle

treehugger.com 09 Jul '12, 7pm

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In MacBook Pro with Retina Display Really Sucks (at Being Repairable) , Tech editor Jaymi Heimbuch described the problem many of us have with the new Apple notebooks. She framed it in the context of the maker movement, where the credo is "If you can't open it, you don't own it." Many commenters on TreeHugger and other sites were dismissive, noting, correctly, that Apple repairs and recycles. One commenter on Jaymi's post put it particularly well: Not everyone wants to - or should for that matter - upgrade or repair their own devices. The closed system, like many of Apple's product and development systems, is done deliberately to protect its engineering integrity. Further, the compromises you take issue with are sacrificed for greater opportunities in design; something that makes Apple products so alluring and everything else look crap-tastic. Commenter Johnny is absolutely...

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@InkTonic » 24 Jul '12, 10am
@thinkhouse Apple can go an feic off! #Greenwash [link]
@AttoHarsta » 17 Jul '12, 10pm
Helemaal eens! You CAN Be Too Thin: Apple Dumps Sustainable Design Principle For a few millimeters [link] via @TreeHugger
@T_O_P_Life » 16 Jul '12, 8am
RT @esktn: You CAN Be Too Thin: Apple Dumps Sustainable Design Principle For a Few Millimeters... [link]
@micro_jo » 16 Jul '12, 6am
Apple throws out environmental responsibility to make its new MacBook Pro a tiny bit slimmer. Oh, thank goodness! [link]
@yourECOfriend » 13 Jul '12, 6pm
I like apple but... Apple Dumps Sustainable Design Principle: TreeHugger [link] via @TreeHugger
@CACollegeofArts » 13 Jul '12, 5pm
RT @CCA_Center: @CACollegeofArts DMBA chair, Nathan Shedroff quoted re: Apple moving away from sustainable manu. practices: [link]
@CCA_Center » 13 Jul '12, 4pm
@CACollegeofArts DMBA chair, Nathan Shedroff quoted re: Apple moving away from sustainable manu. practices: [link]
@anthc » 11 Jul '12, 11pm
Good on the other companies. MT @lloydalter Apple drops sustainable design principle [link]
@ecoset » 11 Jul '12, 8pm
Apple Computer abandons sustainability certification, the Electronics Product Environmental Assessment Tool... [link]
@Air_ConService » 11 Jul '12, 6pm
RT @cubenergysaver: is #Apple's quest for thinner design less sustainable? [link]
@FrankBref » 11 Jul '12, 3am
Désolé @Apple, je t'aime bien mais ne peux te supporter là-dessus. Un portable, ça doit être recyclable! #baddesign [link]
@RattyManor » 10 Jul '12, 8pm
Oh Apple :( ... [link]
@coolmomorg » 10 Jul '12, 6pm
Ugh! After spending hours working our fingers to the bone to dismantle car seats (which are not designed to be... [link]
@bglive » 10 Jul '12, 5pm
Headline of the day is too long for Twitter. Just go see it! @lloydalter [link]
@cubenergysaver » 10 Jul '12, 4pm
is #Apple's quest for thinner design less sustainable? [link]
@nickwebguy » 10 Jul '12, 4pm
Oh, Apple! Why do you insist on making so hard the decision to buy your beautiful new computer? [link]
@chacoura » 10 Jul '12, 3pm
De la pomme et de la vanité. [link]
@aulidotca » 10 Jul '12, 3pm
#Apple, this move loses me as a customer. Make them last, repairable, usable, focus on holistic & #sustainable #design [link]
@Greeneisgood » 10 Jul '12, 2pm
You CAN Be Too Thin: Apple Dumps Sustainable Design Principle For a Few Millimeters and A Smooth Bottom For Desig... [link]
@TheDeadSparrows » 10 Jul '12, 2pm
Apple going bad...again [link]
@rettiwtsiccin » 10 Jul '12, 1pm
tsk tsk apple [link] via @TreeHugger
@3BLassociates » 10 Jul '12, 1pm
Disappointing. #Apple dumps sustainable design principle for a few mm & a smooth bottom for design fetishists to fondle [link]
@Outworlder47 » 10 Jul '12, 1pm
Shame on you, Apple, for ignoring #sustainability for "A Smooth Bottom For Design Fetishists To Fondle" [link] via @TreeHugger
@Loic_i » 10 Jul '12, 12pm
Apple abandonne les principes de l'écoconception [link] #ecodesign" via @jstrudel et @cecilegladel #mardidd
@cdemers99 » 10 Jul '12, 12pm
RT @cecilegladel: RT @jstrudel: Apple abandonne les principes de l'écoconception [link] #ecodesign
@cecilegladel » 10 Jul '12, 11am
RT @jstrudel: Apple abandonne les principes de l'écoconception [link] #ecodesign
@jstrudel » 10 Jul '12, 11am
Apple abandonne les principes de l'écoconception [link] #ecodesign
@goodlifesbp » 10 Jul '12, 10am
Apple: products too thin & sleek to be truly sustainable. Have to admit, I hadn't thought about this before... [link]
@fschreckenbach » 10 Jul '12, 8am
You can be too thin: APPLE Dumps Sustainable Design Principle EPEAT [link] #greenwashing #walkthetalk #epa
@John_G_MacA » 10 Jul '12, 7am
Disappointed with #Apple; sacrificing #sustainability for design | [link] | #recycling
@RolandSchaefer » 10 Jul '12, 7am
Warum Apple für ein paar Gramm und Millimeter die Nutzer entmündigt und die Umwelt schädigt [link]
@JCDrinkwater » 10 Jul '12, 7am
An interesting article on the design practices of Apple [link]
@CMader_Sustnews » 10 Jul '12, 5am
RT @MarcoPesceSD: Apple Dumps Sustainable Design Principle For a Few Millimeters and A Smooth Bottom For Design Fetishists To Fondle : [link]
@agentsmart » 10 Jul '12, 3am
my retina MBP has yet to arrive but already decided on a new lid sticker "Everytime I boot up a hippy somewhere dies" [link]
@GNMatthew » 10 Jul '12, 1am
@lloydalter it's crazy that Apple would go back on the recycling standards that it helped set [link]
@kasei » 10 Jul '12, 12am
Oh lord. I think it's time to unsubscribe from @TreeHugger's crazy ranting: [link]
@elizlaprade » 10 Jul '12, 12am
You CAN Be Too Thin: Apple Dumps Sustainable Design Principle For a Few Millimeters and A Smooth Bottom For Desi.. [link]
@Fresh_Picked » 09 Jul '12, 11pm
You CAN Be Too Thin: Apple Dumps Sustainable Design Principle For a Few Millimeters and A Smo… [link]
@begreenbesexy » 09 Jul '12, 9pm
Great read from @TreeHugger about Apple's not-so-hot sustainability practices. [link] #greenissexy
@treehuggersully » 09 Jul '12, 9pm
#Apple makes its move and goes for style over substance by jettisoning design for disassembly [link]
@econewsbits » 09 Jul '12, 9pm
New post: You CAN Be Too Thin: Apple Dumps Sustainable Design Principle For a Few Millimeters and A Smooth Bottom For D [link]
@KulaMoto » 09 Jul '12, 9pm
RT @ForestZIN: You CAN Be Too Thin: Why Design For Disassembly Is So Important, And Why Apple's New Computers Really Do Suck [link]
@kristinalford » 09 Jul '12, 8pm
MT @lloydalter: Apple drops sustainable design, for smooth bottom that design fetishists will want to fondle. [link] #4futr
@TreeHugger » 09 Jul '12, 8pm
We love good design, but as @LloydAlter notes #Apple is abandoning sustainable design principles for a few less grams. [link]
@the_rodster » 09 Jul '12, 8pm
#Waste: You CAN Be Too Thin: Why Design For Disassembly Is So Important, And Why #Apple's New Computers Really Do Suck [link]
@beehivetech » 09 Jul '12, 8pm
You CAN Be Too Thin: Apple Dumps Sustainable Design Principle For a Few Millimeters and A Smooth Bottom... [link] @beehivetech
@MarcoPesceSD » 09 Jul '12, 8pm
Apple Dumps Sustainable Design Principle For a Few Millimeters and A Smooth Bottom For Design Fetishists To Fondle : [link]
@econewsbits » 09 Jul '12, 8pm
New post: You CAN Be Too Thin: Why Design For Disassembly Is So Important, And Why Apple's New Computers Really Do [link]
@lyndonbuck » 09 Jul '12, 8pm
Apple to drop key Design for Manufacture principles: [link]
@wulffeld » 09 Jul '12, 8pm
Why Design For Disassembly Is So Important, And Why Apple's New Computers Really Do Suck [link] cc @jamiemhodge