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Thread ID: 109932 2010-05-28 03:50:00 How many lives for your hardware? pctek (84) PC World Chat
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888743 2010-05-29 08:00:00 I would not be surprised if some low end ASUS boards and such (including the ones they produce for HP Sony etc) are produced by Foxconn or other sweatshop operators.

We are all responsible, so try to make sure you use your present hardware for AS LONG AS YOU CAN.

(My newest PC is my lappy, built 2006, all others recycled or second-hand)
(Polishes halo :D)
KarameaDave (15222)
888744 2010-05-29 10:03:00 A picture of the article on the Herald today showed workers doing stuff to what looked like PCBs of the high-end Fermi cards.

If the price of a GTX 470 is $600, I wonder how much actually goes to these people?
qazwsxokmijn (102)
888745 2010-05-29 10:31:00 I would hope none of the money, hell, they get to be in a building all day, there are millions of chinese without that luxury who would love to take their place.

Better then scratching in the dirt for bugs.
Metla (12)
888746 2010-05-29 13:07:00 At least the bugs are free to enjoy the fruits of a free market.
Wanders off...muttering.
KarameaDave (15222)
888747 2010-05-29 23:53:00 I would not be surprised if some low end ASUS boards and such (including the ones they produce for HP Sony etc) are produced by Foxconn or other sweatshop operators.

We are all responsible, so try to make sure you use your present hardware for AS LONG AS YOU CAN.

(My newest PC is my lappy, built 2006, all others recycled or second-hand)
(Polishes halo :D)

Everything is going off to Pegatron, apparently. www.xbitlabs.com acturing_on_June_1.html
Agent_24 (57)
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