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China to Be Laptop Leader

Posted by michael on from the guess-where-your-powerbook-is-made dept.

prostoalex writes "IMS Research says that by the end of the year People Republic of China might become world's biggest laptop manufacturer. The plants will be largely owned by Taiwanese manufacturers, though. Taiwan is current #1."

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  1. Re:local Consumption ? by cperciva · · Score: 3, Informative

    I [don't yet] see [too] many "Made in China" laptops at the stores here in Canada.

    That's beacuse companies don't like to advertise that fact. Companies often outsource their production; and as long as they do some basic testing, who will know the difference?

    I don't know if this is still the case, but at one point IBM was outsourcing the production of its low-end laptops to Acer; Acer is one of the companies investing in mainland China.

    IBM laptops aren't going to be labelled "Made in China" any time soon, but they could certainly have been made there.

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  2. Re:hmmm by RzUpAnmsCwrds · · Score: 3, Informative

    "Personally, I won't be getting one of these laptops from China"

    Actually, all of Apple's notebooks are made in Taiwan by "Quanta Computer Inc." and "Eslitegroup Computer System". They may very well soon be made in China, if it is cheaper to produce them there.

    Apple may represent "quality" to many people, but the reality is that the're made by the same companies as every other computer. The chips are made by Motorola/IBM/TSMC (vs. AMD/Intel/TSMC for PCs), and the drives/LCD screens/keyboards/cases are likely made by the same corporations.

  3. Most are made in China. by Kurt+Russell · · Score: 3, Informative

    ODM links
    I think Apple powerbooks are now made by Compal.