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Which name brand systems are NOT made somewhere on the left side of the Pacific
Rim? (Hint: Dell has system assembly facilities right here in the U S of A.)
A great many of them are assembled in mainland China. For many years, system
components (power supplies, CD-ROM drives, video cards, motherboards) have been
manufactured in mainland China, whether by the factory of a US company or by a
joint venture or by a 100% Chinese company.
Anyone who wants a computer without any parts made by "commies" had best get out
a soldering iron and metal working tools and build his or her own. This is all
the end result of detente, the crowning achievement of Richard Nixon's otherwise
flawed presidency. (Nixon is the only US president ever to resign from office,
which earns the use of the adjective "flawed". No flames about "flawed",
please.) If he and Henry the K had not opened the doors to trade and
manufacturing in China, somebody else would have. Globalization has brought
inexpensive communications and shipping, making it possible for systems and
parts to be manufactured with cheap labor over there.
None of this is new. In a past life related to my present one, I sold a lot of
parts for more proprietary DEC Wintel computers. The parts, many manufactured
in the mid '90's, were often manufactured in China. DEC was one of the first to
seize the opportunity to exploit low cost labor.
The United States and China now have a serious economic co-dependency on one
another. The good news is that this seems to deter them from rattling swords
loudly at one another and going to war. The bad news is that the country of
China has just about zero standards in place to set minimum salaries and working
conditions. Nevertheless, due to an over-abundant and dirt-poor labor force
down on the farm and out in the boondocks, Chinese laborers are willing to work
in sweatshop conditions, which are an improvement over life at home... Ben Myers
On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 00:30:34 -0400, "ZupaDupa" <ZupaDupa@DupaZupa.com> wrote:
>come to think of it, aren't all the dell systems made by the commies too?!
>wonder what'll happen to tech support when the commies start lobbing
>missiles into downtown taipei and we start sinking their ships?
>
>the price of computer geeks will go through the roof! no more free advice,
>cha-ching, cha-ching... as opposed to cha-chang, cha-chang now!
>
>
>"Irene" <girlsrule@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:FrJ4e.4426$44.1462@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net...
>> Hey, support or don't support who you want. If you look, IBM was the
>third
>> choice and it is still best option of what remains after the first two.
>>
>>
>> "ZupaDupa" <ZupaDupa@DupaZupa.com> wrote in message
>> news:gbJ4e.199$jw5.111@fe08.lga...
>> > boo! hiss!! buy IBM and support the communist chinese? NEVER!
>> >
>> > "Irene" <girlsrule@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> > news:UDF4e.4328$44.1343@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net...
>> >> First---build one
>> >>
>> >> Second--Have one built to your exact specs
>> >>
>> >> Then---spend the extra money and buy an IBM.
>> >>
>> >> "PeeVee_Hermann" <PVnospamapplejack@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:1112730649.7785452fc80bc3ee31a27dcaeba03903@bubbanews...
>> >> > On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 13:36:16 -0600, Notan <notan@ddress.com> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >>PeeVee_Hermann wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 06:52:44 GMT, "Irene" <girlsrule@hotmail.com>
>> >> >>> wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> >Yet another reason not to buy a Dell Computer.
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> OK, then what would you suggest? Our old Compaq had the same thing,
>> >> >>> more or less; we didnt get a Windoze disc, we got Factory Restore
>> >> >>> discs.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> We are looking for a new computer.... just tired to get a custom
>made
>> >> >>> one locally and they fuct it all up and it was a disaster, so now
>we
>> >> >>> are looking at big company stuff.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> We looked at sony Vaio.... maybe... what would you suggest?
>> >> >>
>> >> >>Sony? Look elsewhere.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>While they're very cool looking, their after-the-sale support
>> >> >>is reported to be some of the worst support available.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>In addition, if any of their proprietary parts need replacing,
>> >> >>they'll cost you a small fortune.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>Notan
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > OK, noted, and, others have said the same thing.
>> >> >
>> >> > then what would you suggest, if not Dell or Sony?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
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