MPC Computers Shutting Down

Posted by kdawson on Friday January 2, 2009 @03:44AM from the 17-year-run dept.

davidphogan74 writes "MPC Computers (formerly Micron's computer division) notified the Idaho Department of Labor in a letter on 12/29/2008 that it would terminate its remaining employees. The company had been operating under the protection of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy since November, after it laid off 200 employees in October. MPC said 147 employees would be terminated immediately and 51 would be retained while the company liquidates its assets. Last year, MPC bought the professional business unit of PC company Gateway, which itself had been bought by Acer earlier that year. MPC had sold business technology hardware to mid-sized business, government agencies, and education organizations since 1991."

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Re:RIP Micron by houstonbofh · 2009-01-02 04:15 · Score: 3, Insightful

I am guessing price. "Cheap" is the only market that is really growing right now. You would see a bigger hit with HP and IBM if they hadn't already addicted everyone to services...
Re:Yup, cheap by jcr · 2009-01-02 05:34 · Score: 3, Insightful

Ten percent of the whole computer market? Yeah, I'd call that doing well.
-jcr

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