Comments on: Retina MacBook Pro now EPEAT certified

By: kinenakal

kinenakal — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 04:56:24 +0000

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By: Retina MacBook Pro Gets EPEAT Gold, Perhaps Not for Long - Tapscape

Retina MacBook Pro Gets EPEAT Gold, Perhaps Not for Long - Tapscape — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:36:30 +0000

[...] More than a few people will be surprised to learn that the Retina MacBook Pro, with its difficult to remove batteries and display components, is now listed as EPEAT Gold Certified. [...]

By: Wayne

Wayne — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 14:50:38 +0000

The requirement that parts be removable with common tools is probably there to increase the profits of recyclers, who can then send the machines to sub-industrial areas where illiterate workers can disassemble them with screwdrivers. These profiteers will then turn around and criticize Apple for the working conditions in its Chinese factories? Double hypocrisy.

Manufacturing methods change. Glue allows more reliable, more flexible, and thinner construction. We may as well require that automobiles be constructed of wood in factories powered by water or steam.

By: James Katt

James Katt — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 17:34:24 +0000

It is easy to use a common tool to remove the batteries from the case of the MacBook Pro Retina Display – just use a heat gun aimed at the outside of the case. This easily melts the glue and the battery is then easily removed. Duh.

1. EPEAT Criterion: Use common tools to disassemble the computer.
2. MACBOOK PRO RETINA DISPLAY: PASSES.

By: ViewRoyal

ViewRoyal — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 17:18:24 +0000

Everyone knows (or at least should know by now) that the glued batteries in the MacBooks are just as easily removed as the glued batteries in the iPhone and the iPad.

The batteries are removed easily using a heat gun aimed at the outside case.

It is common sense that Apple would NOT glue the batteries in a way that they could not remove them easily.

Whenever a customer would take their MacBook to Apple for replacement of the batteries, or if Apple refurbished and resold a MacBook with new batteries, Apple can replace those batteries quickly and easily.