Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors

Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by the_jeremy on Monday October 18, 2021 @02:53PM (#28909811)

My F500 company has a 5 year tech refresh policy, and old laptops are trashed, not donated or resold.

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Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by oneplane on Monday October 18, 2021 @03:04PM (#28910011)

Doesn't that mean that the problem is the policy of the F500 company and not whatever the supplier had in mind?

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Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by exikyut on Monday October 18, 2021 @10:55PM (#28914376)

Puts on ewaste management company uniform

"Yeah <normal guy>'s out sick today, I'm his replacement."

*yeet*

In all seriousness I would absolutely love to do this sort of thing IRL, in situations where I'll just make incompetent management etc unimpressed (because I'm showing their inefficiency) and there wouldn't be any real/significant ramifications (eg machines that processed material a couple notches more interesting than what PCI-DSS covers).

But obviously I don't mean I'd literally use the above example to achieve this ;P

I've just learned a bit about (eh, you could say "been bitten by") poorly coordinated e-waste management/refurbishment/etc programs - these can be a horrendously inefficient money-grab if the top-level coordination isn't driven by empathy in the right places. So I would definitely get a kick out of doing something like that properly.

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Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by azinman2 on Monday October 18, 2021 @02:56PM (#28909878)

I cannot imagine that represents the majority of the market.

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Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by saiya-jin on Monday October 18, 2021 @03:03PM (#28910005)

Exactly, corporate never risks them getting into wrong hands, no matter how theoretical risk that might be. Same for phones

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Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by lizknope on Monday October 18, 2021 @03:24PM (#28910294)

We used to remove the hard drives which takes about 20 seconds on a desktop that has a "tool-less" case. Then donate the computer to anybody including the employees if they want it.

It takes a few minutes to do that on a laptop but it's not that long.

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Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by hyperman1 on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @03:45AM (#28915787)

One of our interns got that jobs. Left are 200 old laptops, take out the SSD and smash it with a hammer. Right are 200 new laptops, don't touch.

Turns out someone got confused between left and right, gave him the wrong instructions, and he smashed 200 brand new SSDs. Ouch.

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Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by oneplane on Monday October 18, 2021 @08:19PM (#28913525)

Seems like FDE would solve that and make it a hardware non-issue.

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Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by fomine3 on Monday October 18, 2021 @10:38PM (#28914288)

Work if you trust FDE. Some FDE are broken, like this: https://www.zdnet.com/article/flaws-in-self-encrypting-ssds-...

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Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by kube-system on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @01:52AM (#28915246)

I suspect the disposal company your company contracts with parts them out and resells them. Although if you're literally throwing them in the dumpster, that's not even legal in many jurisdictions.

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Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by schmorptron on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @04:04AM (#28915883)

Damn, they could at least just trash the hard drives and just give them to local schools or something...

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