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Apple details which Macs are not eligible for Mountain Lion upgrade – UberGizmo (blog)

Here is the complete list of computers that can upgrade to Mountain Lion: iMac (Mid 2007 or newer), MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer), MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer), MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer), Mac … Continue reading

Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac and Parallels Mobile Are Retina-Ready and Now Support Apple’s Retina Display on New MacBook Pro and iPad – StreetInsider.com

RENTON, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Parallels®, a global leader in hosting and cloud services enablement and desktop virtualization, today announced that both Parallels Desktop® 7 for Mac and Parallels Mobile have been updated to support Apple’s Retina …

2012 MAC Media Day (Exclusive) – ESPN

7/17 10:00 AM EDT ESPN First Take presented by Bass Pro Shops ESPN2 7/17 12:00 PM EDT ESPN First Take presented by Bass Pro Shops ESPN2 7/17 3:30 PM EDT Best of First Take ESPN2 7/17 4:00 PM EDT Numbers … Continue reading

Apple shoots itself in the foot with EPEAT withdrawal – ZDNet

Late last month Apple requested that all 39 of its certified MacBooks … ZDNET’s Heather Clancy reports that the scuttlebut was over the new Retina MacBook Pro, which includes a completely glued LCD assemply and batteries that glued to the … Continue reading

Tweetbot for Mac arrives as free alpha, we give a quick hands-on – engadget

It’s even (mostly) Retina-ready for that new MacBook Pro. Alpha does mean that there will be a fair … ll need Mountain Lion or newer when the app is ready to face the Mac App Store, even though it works … Continue reading

Apple abandons green certification – CNN

There’s speculation that Apple’s new line of “retina display” laptops aren’t easily recyclable because their batteries are glued to the aluminum case on the computer. “At the heart of the controversy is the company’s newest MacBook Pro with …

Apple drops environmental certification; S.F. drops Apple – USA Today

Apple’s latest laptop, the MacBook Pro, is not eligible for EPEAT certification because of its Retina display, which requires its battery be glued directly to the case. This makes it difficult to recycle, according to EPEAT CEO Robert Frisbee. EPEAT … Continue reading

Apple Quitting Green Registry Leads to Purchasing Fallout – Bloomberg

Design changes for Apple’s new MacBook Pro may have led the company to pull out of EPEAT, said Kyle Wiens, the co-founder of IFixit, which performs tear-down analysis for consumer- electronics products and advocates for better recycling practices.

Apple defends decision to withdraw from EPEAT certification – Apple Insider

Apple helped develop the EPEAT standard in its early days, but lately it has moved away from the group’s requirements that products be easy to disassemble in the interest of recyclability. For instance, its new MacBook Pro with Retina Display … Continue reading

San Francisco plans to ban officials from buying Apple Macs – BBC News

“Apple takes a comprehensive approach to measuring our environmental … to manufacturing techniques used to make the latest version of the firm’s MacBook Pro, which features a 5.1 million pixel high-definition display. In order to include …