Dell To Sell Its Computer Factories

Anti-Globalism sends us to a Wall Street Journal for a report that Dell plans to sell its factories in an effort to revamp its production model. Quoting: "Dell's plants are still regarded as efficient at churning out desktop PCs. But within the industry, company-owned factories aren't considered the least expensive way to produce laptops, which have been the main driver of growth lately and are complex and labor-intensive to assemble. Rivals such as Hewlett-Packard Co. years ago shifted to contract manufacturers -- companies that provide production services to others -- to build their portable computers. H-P builds "less than half" of its PCs in facilities it owns, wrote Tony Prophet, H-P's senior vice president for PC supply chain, in an e-mail. Contract manufacturers can generally produce computers more cheaply because their entire operations are narrowly focused on finding efficiencies in manufacturing, as opposed to large firms like Dell, which must also balance marketing and other considerations."

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parent is misleading

[je ne sais quoi]

I was just over looking at the Wikipedia entry for Foxconn:

Among other things, Foxconn produces the Mac mini, the iPod and the iPhone for Apple Computer; Intel-branded motherboards for Intel Corp.; various orders for American computer retailers Dell, Inc. and Hewlett Packard; the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 for Sony; the Wii for Nintendo;the Xbox 360 for Microsoft, cell phones for Motorola, and Amazon Kindle.[1][2] [3]...

later down it says:

Foxconn is one of the OEMs for iPod nanos, MacBook Pros, MacBook Airs and the iPhone. Foxconn is the OEM for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and Wii. Apple iPhones, Foxconn OEMs Motorola, Nokia, Sony Ericsson cell phones.

So sure, they might make shitty products, but they make everyone's shitty products. Stop it with the irrational apple hate already...