sixofone;208847 Wrote: > The labelling may well have complied with the strict letter of the law; > however it would appear that the USA "manufacturing" operation amounted > to no more than screwing circuit boards made in China into cases. In > other words the product was, in dictionary terms, being assembled in > the USA. This is a distinction that many manufacturers choose to make > plain with the tag: "Assembled in......". The fact that Slim chose not > to do likewise suggests an intent to obscure the true origins of the > product.
The manufacturing that went on in Mountain View consisted of taking the smallest servicable components and connecting them. Exactly akin to stuffing IC's 20 years ago. The change is really that electronics are no longer socketed at the IC level: the board level is the lowest part, since defective boards are not generally fixable. Dell and Gateway computers are made in the USA... but do you think their boards are? How is plugging in a hard drive (made in Thailand) to a motherboard (made in Taiwan) any different? -- snarlydwarf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35899 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
