New computers are ruining the environment.
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| Like many people who don't know much about computers, I assume I'll
| end up using Vista, Microsoft's latest version of Windows,
| eventually. Not that it's really necessary: My computer habits,
| after all, consist largely of trawling the Internet, pecking away
| on a word processor, watching political ads on YouTube, and playing
| music. My laptop can handle all of that just fine, and, in theory,
| it should be able to keep whirring along for another decade. But I
| figure that's just the way these things work--inevitably, my stuff
| will become incompatible with stuff on other machines, tech people
| will refuse to fix my problems, and so on. Sooner or later, a
| brand-new computer will find its way onto my shopping list...
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http://www.tnr.com/user/nregi.mhtml?i=w070326&s=plumer032707
Related:
Vista poses environmental dangers
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| Microsoft Vista could have serious environmental implications,
| experts have warned.
|
| The latest version of Windows uses encryption methods that are
| incompatible with some older PCs. It also features high-end
| graphics capabilities that can only run on newer hardware.
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http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2174400/vista-poses-environmental
Greenpeace: Vista could trigger a deluge of electronic waste
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| Beau Baconguis of the Southeast Asia section of the environmental
| protection organization Greenpeace has warned that the introduction
| by Microsoft of its new operating system Windows Vista might as a
| side effect trigger a deluge of electronic waste (E-waste). "With
| Vista, Microsoft could effectively hasten the obsolesence of half
| the world's PCs, especially in the absence of fully-functioning
| global take back systems for PCs," Ms. Baconguis declared.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/84816/from/rss09
Vista gets slated - by the Greens
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| The Green Party has slammed Microsoft and it's forthcoming operating
| system, Windows Vista, in a withering attack on the company's "monopoly".
|
| Microsoft not only takes criticism for allegedly environmentally
| unfriendly policies, but for attacking civil liberties.
|
| The party claims that "Vista gives Microsoft the ability to lock
| you out of your computer," and that "Microsoft are determined not
| to play fair" in the video content market.
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http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/news.php?id=107813
Computers in schools are an environmental time-bomb
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| Schools are using computers as room
| heaters which then need to be cooled using expensive air conditioning
| and Modern thin-client networks could reverse this trend and are
| available from the Open Source community and vendors of proprietary
| software today.
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http://opensourceblog.itproportal.com/?p=213
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