sixofone;208750 Wrote: > > You see I was under the impression that the words Designed and > manufactured in Mountain View, California, USA meant just that. > Whereas it now appears that the principal component of both my S3s was > actually manufactured in China. Am I alone in finding that a > little .well, disingenuous? >
Years ago I worked for a computer manufacturer in Hayward.... and I got a call from some government purchaser. It seemed that they had special rules about buying US-Made computers, less paperwork or something. She wanted to know if our systems were built in the US. I explained that the circuit boards were wave soldered a few blocks away, that the chips were inserted about 20' from where I was, etc. She said "chips? Where are those from?" When I said, "Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, just like every other computer maker..." I could hear the dissapointment... She wanted to believe that -everything- had to be from the US to qualify, and didn't seem to understand that (especially in the mid80's) that was impossible. The reality is that in this day of surface-mount components, screwing things together and connecting a couple ribbon cables is the same as wave-soldering and IC-stuffing was 20 years ago. -- snarlydwarf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35899
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