Apple has rejoined the EPEAT green list it withdrew its products from recently. And Apple’s senior vice-president of hardware engineering Bob Mansfield was surprisingly candid when explaining the decision:
“I recognise this was a mistake,” Mansfield wrote, about the decision to opt out of the registry of environmentally sound products. “Starting today, all eligible products are back on EPEAT.”
So what other volte-faces has Apple pulled over the years? Let’s take a look.
A clutch of new MacBook Air models had been long predicted for WWDC 2012 – and Tim Cook and co. didn’t disappoint. They’ve just been outed on stage in San Francisco, and we’ve got all the details on them right here.
Intel’s ultrabooks are currently locked in a battle to see who can out-MacBook Air the MacBook Air, but is this spec war a bit redundant when we’ve got quad-core smartphones in our pockets? ClamCase thinks so: its ClamBook laptop looks to resurrect the Motorola Atrix’ webtop idea in fine style. Is it time your phone stepped up a gear? Read more
On Wednesday we brought you news that an anonymous tipster in the Mac accessory business was preparing wares for a 15-inch MacBook Air that could kill off the MacBook Pro. Now word from a source on the inside claims that the bigger of Apple’s laptops will, in fact, live on. Read on for the full details. Read more
Electricpig spent a couple of hours at CU Exposed yesterday, the UK’s premier, if hilariously-named, showcase for Mac accessories. Alongside continued coos about how the new iPad’s display will ruin everything else in sight, we heard word from one anonymous vendor that Apple’s likely to launch a 15-inch MacBook Air in April, effectively killing the Pro for the average consumer.
Acer has just announced that it’s going to ditch netbooks and focus on Ultrabooks, citing that making cheap tat isn’t getting it anywhere. Ultrabooks could well be its saviour, but it’s completely insane that it’s taken Intel to tell manufacturers how to make them. Read more
A slimline 15-inch MacBook Pro (or souped up MacBook Air depending on who you believe), has been churning through the rumour mill for months. And having failed to materialise when Apple tarted up its MacBook Pro lineup last month, now sources close to suppliers in the Far East are claiming the size zero effort will be hitting shelves in March 2012. Read on for all the details.
