Wider (nonstandard) gamut is not always a good thing if applications are not aware of it. With no color correction, normal srgb images will look oversaturated and cartoonish. Even with proper application support, overly wide gamut isn't that useful because there just isn't a lot of wide gamut material to display on your fancy screen. And therefore you are just wasting precious bits to represent colors that will be rarely used in most desktop usage.
Image editing is one area where there is an actual use for wide gamut, but for all other uses, it creates more trouble than what it is worth.
A Color gamut argument is something that I cannot attest to but the colors on my MBP are vibrant if that matters. I also have it plugged into a 24" Dell Ultrasharp and the colors look more believable(aka White looks white and does not have a tinge of yellow. FWIW, I did not setup my screens with a calibrator as I do not have one.)
The sales pitch should only mention the performance benefits of a technology, leaving any environmental benefit to perhaps a subtle sticker on the product that one can easily remove.
The fact the Apple is _not_ the only company that prominently highlights the effect of its product on environment only proves that they are significant number of people out there who actually cares about the environmental impact of the product they are purchasing.
I have a hard time understanding why anyone would be "irritated" by this.
I am interested to know which "position of your worldview" was violated by apple's promotion of environmentally friendly product.
A sales pitch should mention the things the company believes will interest their customers. Apple obviously believes that a lot of their customers care about the environment as well as performance. There are a lot of people out there who won't buy a product unless they believe it to be 'green'. A lot of Apples customers fall into this category. Selling a product on its 'green' credentials is common in all industries, and had Apple left it out of their sales pitch it would have been an obvious mistake.
I have at times been accused of being a raving right wing, gun loving, lunatic libertarian. Even I appreciate companies that work to reduce environmental impact of their products. I mean where will I take my assault rifle to shoot Bambi if the forests are covered in e-waste? I don't make purchasing decisions purely based on performance benefits, I base them on a range of things that I value. Whether you believe in AGW or not, conservation of natural resources is a good thing.
Also, I find stickers on products aesthetically offensive.
