Comments on: Apple: a bit 1984 http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/12/30/apple-a-bit-1984/ Just another WordPress site Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:31:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Dave http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/12/30/apple-a-bit-1984/#comment-1542 Dave Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:03:21 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=2077#comment-1542 I don't doubt that, but it doesn't cost that much to swap out a hard drive. I know it's different, but you can change the hard drive on a computer in a matter of minutes. I suppose my complaint is that Apple made no consideration of extending the life of the iPod by making it easy to change the battery or hard disk and so made it a disposable good. I don’t doubt that, but it doesn’t cost that much to swap out a hard drive. I know it’s different, but you can change the hard drive on a computer in a matter of minutes. I suppose my complaint is that Apple made no consideration of extending the life of the iPod by making it easy to change the battery or hard disk and so made it a disposable good.

]]> By: Mustafa Arif http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/12/30/apple-a-bit-1984/#comment-1541 Mustafa Arif Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:31:07 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=2077#comment-1541 The sad fact is that most consumer electronics are non-economical to repair. This is because labour costs remain relatively expensive whilst the components are inexpensively sourced from the far east. The sad fact is that most consumer electronics are non-economical to repair. This is because labour costs remain relatively expensive whilst the components are inexpensively sourced from the far east.

]]> By: Dave Cole http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/12/30/apple-a-bit-1984/#comment-1540 Dave Cole Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:22:18 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=2077#comment-1540 Over on Facebook, Mustafa Arif points out a mistake - the 1984 ad was aimed at IBM, not MicroSoft. Over on Facebook, Mustafa Arif points out a mistake – the 1984 ad was aimed at IBM, not MicroSoft.

]]> By: Dave http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/12/30/apple-a-bit-1984/#comment-1539 Dave Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:06:54 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=2077#comment-1539 John, My iPod had an eighty megabyte hard drive. A one terabyte hard drive from Seagate is currently available new on Amazon for £60. I know the iPod is particularly small, but it seems hard to justify the price tag for the repair. Apple don't recycle iPods themselves in the UK; you have to take it to a municipal recycling facility (<a href="http://www.apple.com/recycling/nationalservices/europe.html#uk" rel="nofollow">link</a>). Shrubs, I know some people like them; I just found the Apple Store clinical and sterile. John,

My iPod had an eighty megabyte hard drive. A one terabyte hard drive from Seagate is currently available new on Amazon for £60. I know the iPod is particularly small, but it seems hard to justify the price tag for the repair.

Apple don’t recycle iPods themselves in the UK; you have to take it to a municipal recycling facility (link).

Shrubs,

I know some people like them; I just found the Apple Store clinical and sterile.

]]> By: Shrubs http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/12/30/apple-a-bit-1984/#comment-1538 Shrubs Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:54:53 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=2077#comment-1538 Very well said, old bean. And may I heartily congratulate you on your aversion to the Logan's Run themed Apple Stores... we don't all want to be shining models of clinical homogeneity. Go for the Archos... Android is the future anyhow. xx Very well said, old bean. And may I heartily congratulate you on your aversion to the Logan’s Run themed Apple Stores… we don’t all want to be shining models of clinical homogeneity. Go for the Archos… Android is the future anyhow.

xx

]]> By: john b http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/12/30/apple-a-bit-1984/#comment-1537 john b Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:09:25 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=2077#comment-1537 On the disk point: an iPod pretty much *is* the disk, plus a battery and a fiver's worth of electronics, so I'm not sure there's too much difference between junking the HDD and junking the whole thing. On recycling, surely (like all electronics vendors) they're in breach of WEEE if they don't offer recycling for old/used/broken products? On the disk point: an iPod pretty much *is* the disk, plus a battery and a fiver’s worth of electronics, so I’m not sure there’s too much difference between junking the HDD and junking the whole thing.

On recycling, surely (like all electronics vendors) they’re in breach of WEEE if they don’t offer recycling for old/used/broken products?

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