[jimmydean]

Companies brace for end of cheap made-in-China era

Uppity Asians.

Factory workers demanding better wages and working conditions are hastening the eventual end of an era of cheap costs that helped make southern coastal China the world's factory floor.

A series of strikes over the past two months have been a rude wakeup call for the many foreign companies that depend on China's low costs to compete overseas, from makers of Christmas trees to manufacturers of gadgets like the iPad.

 

[4xBoy]

Well now what will the IDorks do when the next piece of white crap is 3x more then the last months model.

Oh yeah Steve Jobs will tell them to buy it anyways and they will.

And sorry trailer people, no more cheap plastic junk for you.

 

[$tinkle]

just got a WD 500G external HD for $65 from walmart.com, while the next higher price from a competitor was $85.

china has to be subsidizing walmart, just like it was their own economy....hey....

 

[rockofullr]

And sorry trailer people, no more cheap plastic junk for you.

Oh the humanity!!

Where will this woman buy cheap fans now???

 

[eaterofdog]

Oh the humanity!!

Where will this woman buy cheap fans now???

Now THAT's a gunt.

 

[IH8Rice]

just got a WD 500G external HD for $65 from walmart.com, while the next higher price from a competitor was $85.

you could have gotten a 1tb external from buy.com for $79

 

[LOOnatic]

Walmart will find another low labor cost nation to exploit with the governments blessing of course.

 

[rockofullr]

Yeah one of those other nations with a 1 billion strong workforce.

 

[Kevin]

India.

 

[rockofullr]

pretty short list huh?

 

[$tinkle]

you could have gotten a 1tb external from buy.com for $79

does it come w/ an OS upgrade so it can all be recognized? (going to be used for old-school xp pro)

India.

:roflvishnu:
but at least they're no worse than chinese quality (and i'm talking about genuine engineering, not oversighted hand-off)

 

[Andyman_1970]

As much as I dispise Wal Mart when it comes to groceries it's the game to beat here locally. I'd love to be able to pay a premium and buy at the local whole food market, etc..........but trying to keep a family of 5 fed and our heads above water financially means we shop quite a bit at "Evil Mart".

 

[jonKranked]

India.

pretty short list huh?

you forgot Africa.

 

[IH8Rice]

does it come w/ an OS upgrade so it can all be recognized? (going to be used for old-school xp pro)
:roflvishnu:

dunno, my XP pro machines saw their 500gb hdd's fine.
youd might have to reformat em

 

[$tinkle]

500gb = i expect no prob
1Tb = i expect a prob

 

[jimmydean]

Yeah one of those other nations with a 1 billion strong workforce.

Alabama? They aint doing sh!t else, put 'em to work!

 

[syadasti]

500gb = i expect no prob
1Tb = i expect a prob

XP Pro has no problem with either, even FAT32 (use parted magic live CD to make large FAT32 volumes - http://partedmagic.com/ ):

http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/file-systems/what-are-the-maximum-volume-sizes-and-maximum-file-sizes-for-the-various-windows-file-systems-.aspx

 

[jimmydean]

As much as I dispise Wal Mart when it comes to groceries it's the game to beat here locally. I'd love to be able to pay a premium and buy at the local whole food market, etc..........but trying to keep a family of 5 fed and our heads above water financially means we shop quite a bit at "Evil Mart".

You might be able to save quite a bit if you shop around. I know when we first moved to Woodburn, we shopped a few times at the Super WalMart and thought it was a good deal. But a lot of the items we bought were actually cheaper (or cheaper at other WalMarts).

http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/05/20/walmart-saves-families-700-million-a-year-show-me-the-math/