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Shortage of Intel Laptop Chipsets

Posted by samzenpus on from the made-anywhere-but-here dept.

EvilTwinSkippy writes "Taiwanese notebook vendors are reporting a short supply of Intel CPU chipsets for laptops. This includes the popular Centrino line. In case you didn't know most "name brand" laptops like Dell, HP, and even Apple are actually manufactured by OEM's in Taiwan, Mainland China, and Korea."

6 of 108 comments (clear)

  1. Who gives a fuck? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I mean really, are we so bored that we care?

    I'm not.

  2. Re:Uh, shortage doesn't strictly apply to Apple by reso · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    dear lord/god/goddess/statue/dust-bunny under the bed,

    please make sure everyone that needs a windows laptop is blessed this holiday season with centrinos while others go hungry so that they may surf the web in starbucks in peace.

    --


  3. Re:Cupertino, CA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    of course, because white people are better than those gooks

  4. Re:Even Macs? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A shortage of intel is what 51% of the American voters have.

  5. Call Dubya by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    He'll send the Marines in to take over Taiwan, round up the civilians for slave labor, and get them right back to fucking work in no time.

  6. Woot?! Fp.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    AND HAS INSTEAD today. It's about