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Apple Upgrades Its Recycling Program
Posted by Philip Higgs on May 31, 2006 - 1:12pm.
Yet another reason to switch. Starting next month - which is to say, tomorrow - Apple will recycle your old computer and monitor, from any manufacturer, when you buy a new Mac. So round up those old Dells, HPs, and Commodores.
Order a Mac mini, iMac, or iWhatever at the Apple Store (online or real-world) and the company will send you an e-mail explaining how to get your old box to Cupertino - along with a free FedEx shipping label.
Bonus: According to the press release, "All equipment received by the program is recycled domestically and no hazardous material is shipped overseas." Good for Apple, considering used computers aren't the healthiest additions to the landfill.
Apple is known for pumping consumerist frenzy with its sleek designs and near-annual model overhauls, but the commensurate growth of its e-responsibility - like the 10 percent discount on new iPods when you recycle your old one -- is helping us work through the unrequited lust.
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As I see it, the main problem remains the keyboard. Awkward lateral bending of wrists is required, and I wish it wasn't. You can buy third-party ergo keyboards but they're terrible with laptops, and for desktops, since you pay a premium for Macs in the first place, it would be nice of them to make one of their own that sort of matches the look and works with the other components.
As for mice, somewhere in roughly the past year, before it introduced the Macbook, Apple introduced two-finger scrolling on its laptops. You simply drag any two fingers up-down or side-to-side on the touchpad to scroll a window. It's easy and brilliant ergonomically (unless of course, you have sensitivity in your fingertips, a common complaint of RSI sufferers).