▲ 181 ▼ Major PC makers are shifting production back to China as costs rise — HP, Asus among firms moving work in efficiency push (www.techradar.com) submitted 1 day ago by g8phcon2@k.fe.derate.me to c/technology@lemmy.world 20 comments fedilink hide all child comments Crossposted from https://lemmygrad.ml/post/13269748
[–] Bell@lemmy.world 51 points 1 day ago (8 children) Oh no, HP's quality will suffer 🙄 permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (4 children) Ironically, the stupid expensive high-end laptops that pretty much can only be purchased through corporate agreements are quite impressive. I don't anticipate this worsening their consumer level products though lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (3 children) the stupid expensive high-end laptops that pretty much can only be purchased through corporate agreements Can you also swap RAM there? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago (1 child) Yeah HP had a big push about 10 years ago to get into the enterprise game that Dell was dominating basically. Circa 2012ish? They refreshed their warranty repair system, started pushing next day delivery of parts to match dell/Apple and putting out desktops/laptops aimed at lasting for enterprise. It may have fallen off because I left that line of work shortly after, but Dell/Apple were a powerhouse at that time for warranty repairs. I could order parts at like 3:30pm and the replacement drive/ram/lcd/ribbon cables, w.e would arrive the next day. Apples would arrive by 10am, Dells around 12:30, so next day repairs were most common for me. For personal use dell also had complete care at the time, so you could run it over with your car and say hey this isn't working, and if I had enough of the pieces there... They'd cover it. That's what HP was trying to stack up against to get in the door I guess. Don't know if they did permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago Back then, Dell would still be putting out BIOS and driver updates for machines that were over a decade old. HP's update site simply displayed at middle finger. permalink fedilink source parent [–] KindnessisPunk@piefed.ca 3 points 23 hours ago Yes permalink fedilink source parent [–] mamg22@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (1 child) I can't even imagine how they could make shit-tier hardware even worse permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Patrikvo@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago* Printers now emit teargas when displaying any message. Powerbuttons are now made of metal, connected to 240V Adding paper required disassembling the printer. Inkt cartriges are now half capacity for the same price and expire after 2 months. permalink fedilink source parent [–] h0tbeef@lemmy.zip 6 points 22 hours ago Lmao Funny, but on the real, China is way better at manufacturing than we are at this point permalink fedilink source parent
[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (4 children) Ironically, the stupid expensive high-end laptops that pretty much can only be purchased through corporate agreements are quite impressive. I don't anticipate this worsening their consumer level products though lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (3 children) the stupid expensive high-end laptops that pretty much can only be purchased through corporate agreements Can you also swap RAM there? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago (1 child) Yeah HP had a big push about 10 years ago to get into the enterprise game that Dell was dominating basically. Circa 2012ish? They refreshed their warranty repair system, started pushing next day delivery of parts to match dell/Apple and putting out desktops/laptops aimed at lasting for enterprise. It may have fallen off because I left that line of work shortly after, but Dell/Apple were a powerhouse at that time for warranty repairs. I could order parts at like 3:30pm and the replacement drive/ram/lcd/ribbon cables, w.e would arrive the next day. Apples would arrive by 10am, Dells around 12:30, so next day repairs were most common for me. For personal use dell also had complete care at the time, so you could run it over with your car and say hey this isn't working, and if I had enough of the pieces there... They'd cover it. That's what HP was trying to stack up against to get in the door I guess. Don't know if they did permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago Back then, Dell would still be putting out BIOS and driver updates for machines that were over a decade old. HP's update site simply displayed at middle finger. permalink fedilink source parent [–] KindnessisPunk@piefed.ca 3 points 23 hours ago Yes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (3 children) the stupid expensive high-end laptops that pretty much can only be purchased through corporate agreements Can you also swap RAM there? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago (1 child) Yeah HP had a big push about 10 years ago to get into the enterprise game that Dell was dominating basically. Circa 2012ish? They refreshed their warranty repair system, started pushing next day delivery of parts to match dell/Apple and putting out desktops/laptops aimed at lasting for enterprise. It may have fallen off because I left that line of work shortly after, but Dell/Apple were a powerhouse at that time for warranty repairs. I could order parts at like 3:30pm and the replacement drive/ram/lcd/ribbon cables, w.e would arrive the next day. Apples would arrive by 10am, Dells around 12:30, so next day repairs were most common for me. For personal use dell also had complete care at the time, so you could run it over with your car and say hey this isn't working, and if I had enough of the pieces there... They'd cover it. That's what HP was trying to stack up against to get in the door I guess. Don't know if they did permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago Back then, Dell would still be putting out BIOS and driver updates for machines that were over a decade old. HP's update site simply displayed at middle finger. permalink fedilink source parent [–] KindnessisPunk@piefed.ca 3 points 23 hours ago Yes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago (1 child) Yeah HP had a big push about 10 years ago to get into the enterprise game that Dell was dominating basically. Circa 2012ish? They refreshed their warranty repair system, started pushing next day delivery of parts to match dell/Apple and putting out desktops/laptops aimed at lasting for enterprise. It may have fallen off because I left that line of work shortly after, but Dell/Apple were a powerhouse at that time for warranty repairs. I could order parts at like 3:30pm and the replacement drive/ram/lcd/ribbon cables, w.e would arrive the next day. Apples would arrive by 10am, Dells around 12:30, so next day repairs were most common for me. For personal use dell also had complete care at the time, so you could run it over with your car and say hey this isn't working, and if I had enough of the pieces there... They'd cover it. That's what HP was trying to stack up against to get in the door I guess. Don't know if they did permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago Back then, Dell would still be putting out BIOS and driver updates for machines that were over a decade old. HP's update site simply displayed at middle finger. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago Back then, Dell would still be putting out BIOS and driver updates for machines that were over a decade old. HP's update site simply displayed at middle finger. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mamg22@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (1 child) I can't even imagine how they could make shit-tier hardware even worse permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Patrikvo@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago* Printers now emit teargas when displaying any message. Powerbuttons are now made of metal, connected to 240V Adding paper required disassembling the printer. Inkt cartriges are now half capacity for the same price and expire after 2 months. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Patrikvo@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago* Printers now emit teargas when displaying any message. Powerbuttons are now made of metal, connected to 240V Adding paper required disassembling the printer. Inkt cartriges are now half capacity for the same price and expire after 2 months. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] h0tbeef@lemmy.zip 6 points 22 hours ago Lmao Funny, but on the real, China is way better at manufacturing than we are at this point permalink fedilink source parent