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- dombi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+38Apple Computer will be forced to discontinue the sale of several products in Europe next month because they fail to meet compliance with a European Union directive that will go into effect on July 1st, AppleInsider has learned.
In 2003, the European Union adopted the Directive on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment, also known as the RoHS directive.
Effective July 1, 2006, the directive prohibits the sale of electronics that contain hazardous materials such as lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium and brominated flame retardants.
"Because of our precautionary approach to substances, Apple was able to meet many of the RoHS restrictions long before the deadline of July 1, 2006," the company said in a statement on its environmental materials Web site.
However, sources tell AppleInsider that a handful of Apple products will not meet all the requirements and will therefore be withdrawn from sale in Europe. These products include the iSight, AirPort Base Station With Modem, AirPort Base Station Power Over Ethernet & Antenna, iPod shuffle External Battery Pack and all versions of the eMac all-in-one desktop computer.
Sources say Apple will not accept new orders for the aforementioned products beyond June 23 in order to assure that all orders ship prior to the RoHS deadline.
Although the products will no longer be available through Apple Europe after June 23, they may continue to be sold in through the company's retail channels for as long as existing inventory lasts, sources added.
Source: http://appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1830 - khiddy, on 10/12/2007, -7/+31My comment points out that the headline is inaccurate based on leaving out a key piece of info: it only applies to the EU store.
- Enkid, on 10/12/2007, -2/+26The title should link to this story instead of the apple store.
- dominolover, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16The proof? Go look at the store and see that the products are missing.
- khiddy, on 10/12/2007, -8/+23Ahh, but the Apple Store in the US was also down, and iSight and Airport Extreme are still part of the store now that it's back up in the US. So that's not the sole reason why the store was down.
- ndm007, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Too much lead in the products I believe...
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=14979&Page=2&pagePos=13 - ejm508, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8There are other webcams out there...
Of course, the iSight was a pretty nice one... - StrikerObi, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9What EU regulations is it complying to?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Hopefully Apple can meet these requirments, as they promised back in 2004, and return these products, http://www.apple.com/environment/
To, 'Phase-out substances restricted by the European Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)'. - spamdies, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5it would be nice if the link actually went to a news article of some sort instead of the storefront for apple.
- fishnchips, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=14979
- theprez, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6If this was just about the iSight and Airport Extreme being removed, then what was the iPod+iTunes tab changing to Music all about while the store was down?
- brandizzle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Probably trying it out while the site was already down. Killing two birds with one stone.
- Oriel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Well it's a big deal for those of us who are actually in the EU.
- ejm508, on 10/12/2007, -6/+9@khiddy: You're right. I hate these sensationalist headlines. I start anticipating soemthing, and then find out it's less of a big deal than the headline makes it sound.
- carpespasm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3you'll care when you start licking the components and get a very mild case of lead poisoning!!!!1!!
- igraham09, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3*cue the twilight zone theme*
- t3hX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2There are built-in ones on all of the intel Macs (except the Mac Mini).
- tkdan235, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I agree that it was pricey, but unlike other webcams, it always works for me. Always.
- djhash, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2kudos for Apple.. i'm glad they are working towards RoHS.. its not easy transforming into RoHS certifiable electronics, since lead free solder melt at a higher temp. this could lead to some components' failure. I just hope prices don't go up, through the endless tests for RoHS compliancy.
- jonnyfatman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2
Gah. I hate this new RoHS regulation. The electronics comapny I work for is exempt, but it's so much upheaval to remove something ridiculous like 2% of global lead usage. The bulk is used in car batteries and roofing etc. Plus, where do we put all the leaded stuff? In a big concentrated lead-loaded landfill? Yeah good one. - cwoolf34, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2A hint that a Video tab may be coming soon?
- khiddy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Actually, several stories were submitted about the stores being down. The Eurpoean stores and the US stores were down, for different reasons, apparently. See this story for info on why the US store was down:
http://digg.com/apple/Apple_Store_back_up,_PowerPC_iBooks_iMacs_Gone - jmuchrisf, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2nnow that it's back up, it's back to itunes + ipod or whatever it was.
- OrangeTide, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3No they are different products. They look different, don't they? (one is a big round thing with a cable, the other is a tiny square thing inside your laptop).
- robrandtoul, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4As someone who lives within the European Union, I can safely say that the EU and most of its laws sucks big time.
- cwoolf34, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1How come I lost my (plus sign) inside "" ?
- Ilyanep, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I wonder if the external iSights had anything in common with the ones embedded in the Macbook[ Pro]s, because if they were uncompliant as well, that would make all of their new laptops illegal too.
- frem001, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2always works with .mac accounts not aim users, from my experience
- cwoolf34, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1No it isn't, they have had that since they announced it.
- Ilyanep, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well are the uncompliant components part of the case, the lens, the cable, the camera, something else?
- Ireland, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"A hint that a Video tab may be coming soon?"
You mean a hint that a "Movie" tab may be coming soon!!!! - cwoolf34, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@ Ireland: No, I meant what I said. Do you really think Apple would put "TV Shows" under the tab "Movies"? They certainly can't put many more tabs up there before it starts to look too cluttered. If they want to solve the problem, just rename it " iTunes Media Store" along with a tab for "iPod Media Store".
- mattwestm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Hah, I think all of the Apple website is down.
- corsairstw, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1You can also pre-order the iPod + Nike kit for your iPod nano. That's something they added to the US store.
- balazs, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1what regulations?
- eleven, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1That is a relic from when the iPod + iTunes tab was actually called music. It was one of the reasons the Apple Corps sued them, since it was in fact www.apple.com/music at first. I've actually emailed the web team, a year ago probably, but they don't seem to understand when I say that the tab changed to the old name.
- jketterman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0On my 17" MBP's box it says that the LCD backlight contains Mecrury. I thought the same thing, why aren't the MacBooks a problem? Maybe it has to contain a significant amount of those materials.
- kalisphoenix, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5I thought the headline and description were perfectly sensible. Bloody hell! You people....
- benwatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0All of the items now missing from the european stores weren't removed today. They disappeared around the 23rd. The store being down was unrelated to the new regulations.
- palmer, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5Because they're infantile losers. Or multiple IDs of the original poster.
- liveinabin, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5Oh. What are we supposed to do for a webcam then? That said, the iSight was WAY overpriced.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3It's better to "complie" than to comp-tellthetruth.
Good work with the spellcheck. - r2builder, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1I noticed something else about the site today... which might go unnoticed in among all the other hype.
Read here:
http://digg.com/apple/Apple.com_is_creating_a_MOVIES_section - dresarii, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0that's odd, then. if the regulation covers mercury, it should also, then, prohibit the sale of most of the macbooks. i'm going out on a limb here assuming the powerbooks and macbooks share this similarity, but i have a last-model powerbook pro, and it uses mercury to backlight it's keys, the glowing apple, possibly even the backlight for the lcd, but i'm not sure. anyways, seems like a lot of mercury to me.
- foshaug, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3I think it is some environment regulation
- awoodhouse, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1So does this mean my lovely new macbook pro is illegal?
And do I care? - antique, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1@theprez
the apple store was down in the US as well as europe. I live in the US and it was down just about an hour or two ago. - hipnerd, on 10/12/2007, -11/+5@khiddy: You are right. No idea why people are modding you down.
- khiddy, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1Again, the headline is inaccurate: the store being down in the US had nothing to do with iSight and Airport. Apple removed the PowerPC iBooks and iMacs from the store in the US. Diggers are not using their brains when they digg this story!
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