Inside my computer

My  15 inch MacBook Pro

• 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
• 1440 x 900 resolution
• 2GB memory
• 120GB hard drive
• 8x double-layer SuperDrive
• NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics with 128MB SDRAM

Powered by the most advanced mobile processors from Intel, the Core 2 Duo-based MacBook Pro is over 50% faster than the original Core Duo-based MacBook Pro and supports up to 4GB of RAM.

The NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT delivers exceptional graphics processing power. For the ultimate creative canvas, you can even configure the 17-inch model with a 1920-by-1200-resolution display.

Innovations such as a magnetic power connection and an illuminated keyboard with ambient light sensor put the MacBook Pro in a class by itself.

High-Tech Trash

I learned that we should not be wasteful of our old technology, because it might wind up as poison to another country.

Facts:
I found that “metals buyers won’t accept copper wire until plastic insulation is burned off”. During that time toxic fumes are breathed in from the local workers who need a job to support themselves.

“China forbids the import of electronic and computer scrap…”. Interesting seeing as Hong Kong has a huge black market and I think would welcome those imports to produce more “bootleg” products.

“Little infrastructure exists to dispose of the large percentage of used imports that cannot be salvaged for reuse.” Its unacceptable to be using a country as a waste refuge.

Proactive Steps:
organizations have been made just for this exact problem. Old electronics are always discarded as trash, end up at landfills, and poison countries like Ghana. The products we don’t use should be sent to these organizations like Earth911.

Freeware vs Shareware vs Open Source

Reading this article I didn’t learn that which I have already known. Since I deal with graphic design as my major I am always involved in computers, software, hardware, and anything else that has to do with “tech”.

I visited the MacOSZone and found its supply limited and lacking a good layout. Compared to other sites like the actual apple.com or thepiratebay, this site lacked in variety of available applications to download. Also the layout while trying to be that of a mac site, is unoraganized and is lacking in that same clean look of the apple site.

Not having updated it, I downloaded iTunes from MacOSZone, and got the newest version. I will keep it as it helps me organize and store my music files in a way that is very neat, and easy to navigate. I did not know about these sites before this assignment