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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 01:12 PM Original message |
are ANY computers made in the USA anymore? |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. How about Union Built PCs |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Even some of their components are foreign. |
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TexasProgresive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Just so you know |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. From my experience, this is entirely factually correct. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. You can try Union Built PCs. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. At best they are assembled in the USA. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Depends on the component. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. DIY is the only way, but you still have to buy some parts from overseas. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Where was the motherboard stuffed/soldered? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Well that is why he said 30% US not 100% US. Most CPU are still made in US. |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. AMD GPUs (and Nvidia GPUs) are made by TSMC in Taiwan nt |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. True. I forgot GF Fab in NY isn't up and running yet. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. MB is Taiwan, CPU and RAM are American. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. There are still small computer shops who'll custom-build a PC for you. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Excellent suggestion! That's how I got this one. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. But does it have SCMODS? |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. No, but I'm pretty sure I'm in that data base: "ARREST DRIVER. . . IMPOUND VEHICLE." |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
41. The parts they'll custom-build with are from all over the place, though |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. I don't think a laptop has been made in this country for decades. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
10. you mean assembled in the usa? |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. Assembled in USA is best you're going to get. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. processor is the one thing which might actually be made in US. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Still some NAND flash and DRAM as well |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Micron's, maybe. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. And there's lots of R&D here in the U.S. |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 03:43 AM Response to Reply #14 |
47. Thanks for the correction :) |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
16. The Only american thing your really consume is your food |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. lot of food is coming in from south america - fruits is one |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
44. my tomatoes come from Mexico, my lamb from New Zealand, |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
18. It depends how you define "built". |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Most CPU/GPU wafer processing isn't done in Asia. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. The wafers may be made in non-Far East fabs but *NO*... |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Yep |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Still the lions share of the profit (or value added) is in fabrication. |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. 90%+ No. nt |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. The wafer fabbing is almost entirely automated. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. ROFL. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Yeah, all twelve of them. |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. A few. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Whoa, that's worse than Christmas lights. nt |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
29. America makes guns, I think, and debt. Lots of debt. nt |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
37. There's some nifty restorations going on at the Computer History Museum. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. That looks like one Expensive Typewriter to me! (NT) |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
42. Colossus |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
43. Try building a desktop yourself. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. And you will have contributed *MAYBE* 0.1% of the value-add that went into that computer. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
46. I always have mine built by a local computer store/repair place, |
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