Wow, you guys picked the wrong year to skip the Microsoft Surface event. New Qualcomm and AMD custom chips, foldable Android phone, ARM powered Surface Pro.
I hope you get a chance to review some of these products.
As soon as the people who build these personal computing devices can afford to own one, production must leave the country because labour becomes too expensive...
...what does that tell us about the sustainability of that business model?
I also wonder which life forms, if any, can survive in what they left behind, once the "relocated the equipment".
Definitely a sensible move. The business environment in China was never friendly in the first place and a major incentive to produce there would be for the local market to avoid prohibitory taxes, if local sales are poor, there are better places for production.
More companies should be leaving that wretched country. Or rather it's wretched leadership. From a moral standpoint. That there's economic incentive to do so is a big bonus.
You mean what US did to Germany after WWII? What US and Soviet did to each other during the cold war? What Japan did to US in the 70s? What every country is doing today given the chance? Some people are really de-attached from reality and high on whatever social media is feeding them. Right now US is probably working to steal China's 5G and high speed rail technology.
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sorten - Wednesday, October 2, 2019 - link
Wow, you guys picked the wrong year to skip the Microsoft Surface event. New Qualcomm and AMD custom chips, foldable Android phone, ARM powered Surface Pro.I hope you get a chance to review some of these products.
liquid_c - Wednesday, October 2, 2019 - link
And what do all the things you just wrote got to do with the topic of this article? I mean, honestly, isn’t this *more* newsworthy?abufrejoval - Wednesday, October 2, 2019 - link
As soon as the people who build these personal computing devices can afford to own one, production must leave the country because labour becomes too expensive......what does that tell us about the sustainability of that business model?
I also wonder which life forms, if any, can survive in what they left behind, once the "relocated the equipment".
name99 - Wednesday, October 2, 2019 - link
That one day assembling will move to robots; but it doesn't need to do so yet?s.yu - Wednesday, October 2, 2019 - link
Definitely a sensible move. The business environment in China was never friendly in the first place and a major incentive to produce there would be for the local market to avoid prohibitory taxes, if local sales are poor, there are better places for production.Tams80 - Wednesday, October 2, 2019 - link
More companies should be leaving that wretched country. Or rather it's wretched leadership. From a moral standpoint.That there's economic incentive to do so is a big bonus.
artifex - Wednesday, October 2, 2019 - link
It's moral to move to wherever the labor pool is more easily exploitable? ;)s.yu - Thursday, October 3, 2019 - link
It depends on the purchasing power of the currency. You should think of it as a win-win. Also where there's less brainwash.abufrejoval - Thursday, October 3, 2019 - link
I am confused: Are you talking about the US now, or the UK?GreenReaper - Thursday, October 3, 2019 - link
First one, then t'other.airdrifting - Thursday, October 10, 2019 - link
Sounds very much like US.slashbinslashbash - Wednesday, October 2, 2019 - link
Not to mention the intellectual property theft.Eliadbu - Monday, October 7, 2019 - link
or put tiny chip in foreign companies mobo designs to hack devices and espionage.airdrifting - Thursday, October 10, 2019 - link
You mean what US did to Germany after WWII? What US and Soviet did to each other during the cold war? What Japan did to US in the 70s? What every country is doing today given the chance? Some people are really de-attached from reality and high on whatever social media is feeding them. Right now US is probably working to steal China's 5G and high speed rail technology.Edwinmiller1995 - Friday, October 4, 2019 - link
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