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To: Jerome who wrote (1291)	5/20/2014 12:07:27 PM
From: Kirk ©	2 Recommendations Recommended By Blasher Jerome Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26720

Exactly! We need this kind of mindset about American made products. No! How we get there is a question and a problem for the politicians to resolve. It is easy. Walk the talk. If you don't like the wages paid by McDonalds or Walmart, NEVER SHOP THERE. Why do you want to force feed people? For me, I stopped buying Japanese cars over 25 years ago when I learned they would not buy certain American products. I switched from an Italian sports car to a Corvette and dumped my Toyota 4x4 for a Ford van. I was really pissed off that even if we built better electronic products at HP and other US companies, the Japanese would only buy Sony or their other big brands. So... I gave it back to them. I only switched from a Corvette to a BMW X3 after years of "coaxing" from my girlfriend for a car she could see over the hood of and be easier to get in and out of... AFTER BMW built the US factory, I got one of the first, 300HP twin turbos of the redesigned 2011 model to roll out of the factory. I had to wait several months for them to "build it to order" much like Dell did for PCs... Of course, some things like TVs, there really isn't much choice.

To: Jerome who wrote (1291)	5/22/2014 10:11:43 AM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26720

Digitimes Research: Top-5 notebook vendors and top-3 ODMs see shipments drop in April Joanne Chien, DIGITIMES Research, Taipei [Thursday 22 May 2014] The global top-5 notebook brand vendors' combined shipments in April dropped 24% on month and 3% on year, while shipments of the top-3 ODMs dropped 15% on month and 9% on year, according to the latest figures from Digitimes Research. Most vendors replenished their inventories during March, and reduced their demand in April. Among the top-5 brand vendors, only Asustek Computer achieved on-month growth in April. Acer and Dell both suffered around 15% on-month drops, while Hewlett-Packard's (HP) shipments declined over 40% in April after the completion of its education procurement orders. Lenovo's shipments slid over 20% on month in April because the company had been pushing its shipments in March in order to meet the shipment goal for fiscal 2013 ended March 31, 2014. Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec suffered large on-month drops in April, but these ODMs were also the ones who enjoyed strong shipment rebounds in March. Despite the weakened shipment growth of tablets in the first quarter, notebook shipments still suffered a 6% on-year drop during the period. Since the second half of 2013, notebook shipments have mostly been contributed by demand from the enterprise market, entry-level education procurement orders (including the Chromebook) and demand for entry-level consumer models. Raising notebooks' added value only has a limited benefit over boosting demand, according to Digitimes Research. digitimes.com