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PRO: Apple is wise to wait on mobile payments – CNN Money

(gigaom.com) — Some of the biggest companies in tech are moving aggressively to build mobile payment systems, but Apple is moving slowly as the market slowly begins to get legs. It’s a wise strategy that will pay dividends in the … Continue reading

Retinafied 13-inch MacBook Pro not a given, but screens on tap – CNET News

Displays that could be used on a 13-inch MacBook Pro Retina are slated to begin production this quarter, but “business plans” for Apple are not definite yet, an analyst told CNET. Retina-class 13.3-inch displays with a pixel density of 2,560-by … Continue reading

Apple’s Withdrawal from EPEAT Indicates a Shift Away from Sustainability – Triple Pundit

The impetus for Apple’s withdrawal from EPEAT is its new MacBook Pro with Retina display, which does not meet EPEAT disassembly criteria – its glass display is fused with the top of the case, while the battery is glued to … Continue reading

Apple Already Records Loss in Mac Sales After EPEAT Withdrawal – Softpedia

In other words, Apple believes the EPEAT rating no longer works for things like the new MacBook Pro with Retina display, the MacBook Air, and other systems. In fact, the EPEAT doesn’t even track iPads, and Apple relies heavily on … Continue reading

Apple working to "refresh" the green PC standards it dropped – Fortune Tech

It’s not hard to see that it’s a “stretch” to ask today’s Apple products to meet standards written the year the company introduced the first MacBook Pro. The battery on that machine could be removed by hand, and the computer … Continue reading

Apple Responds to Criticism After Withdrawing From EPEAT – Mashable

Still, many new Apple products, including the Retina MacBook Pro, are hard to take apart and repair (both important criteria for meeting EPEAT’s standards), which ultimately has an impact on the environment. What do you think? Are you less …

Retina MacBook Pro nukes Apple’s green credentials – The Register

The tightly packed new Apple MacBook Pro prevents the laptop from meeting requirements laid down by eco-friendly technology catalogue EPEAT. The Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) announced on Monday that the shiny Retina-display lap …

13-inch Retina MacBook Pro Benchmarks Reportedly Emerge – Softpedia

A benchmark unearthed from Geekbench logs in late June for an unreleased “MacBookPro10,2” model suggests Apple could be on track to release a 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display. Analyzed by AppleInsider, the benchmark shows a MacBook Pro running …

Apple Withdraws from EPEAT, Recycling Concerns Rise – Int’l Business Times

Apple even utilized the EPEAT rating in calling their Apple laptops as “”the world’s greenest family of notebooks.” The new line of MacBook Pro models particularly the MacBook Pro with Retina Display was not able to adhere with the standards … Continue reading

Apple’s Mountain Lion ‘Golden Master’ released to developers, public version coming soon – Itproportal

Apple has shipped the Golden Master version of OS X Mountain Lion to developers, indicating that the final version of the OS, expected sometime this month, is imminent. As reported by MacRumors, the Golden Master version is likely the final … Continue reading