Where are all the Apple haters now??? Mike Daisey admits to being in theater not journalism. He took

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60. Then don't BUY. Remember that Apple advertising encourages massive waste.

Take advantage of it.

Somehow there is a notion out there that you can't be appalled by this and STILL have a computer. Welcome to the real world. My solution even prevents pollution (every pc-sized computer item creates of TON of toxic tailings), doesn't cause even more money to go to China and the multinationals and I still have electronics.

I personally have paid almost nothing (like $50) for the computers I've used for almost nine years now. All I do is wait for the latest and greatest to come out with all the advertising and hype and then take discards from people who were foolish enough to upgrade their still servicible items.

If I actually liked i-crap I could have had a real cheap iPad 2 last weekend because my local Apple cultist just HAS to have an iPad 3. Honestly, I don't see a lot of difference but YMMV of course -- I've just never had golden eye/ear pretensions. I told a different friend about that one, hopefully doing my bit to prevent yet another new Apple sale.

So one can function within the system while not supporting it. You just have to think through your options.