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On 20/09/2020 19.23, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> On 20/09/2020 17.02, Mayayana wrote:
>> "knuttle" <keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net> wrote
>>
>> | I have an HP i7 laptop 1TB drive and 8GB of ram, that I paid about $500
>> | for four years ago, to day the same laptop is going for nearly twice 
>> that.
>> |
>> | What is scary today's computers have less capacity and some they are
>> | selling would not hold the information that I have stored on the TB 
>> drive.
>>
>>    Strange. I wonder why. I know CPU prices have gone
>> through the roof, but I don't understand that, either.
>> And that still wouldn't explain your laptop. I also noticed
>> a lot of i5 and i7 laptops. Good enough to match a basic
>> desktop, but grossly overpriced. Most of them don't even
>> have an ethernet port. They're just chintzy notebook-type
>> devices.
> 
> Are they made in China? ;-p

<https://www.lainformacion.com/mundo/portatil-escasez-eeuu-vuelta-cole-componentes-chinos/2813669/>

Automated translation by DeepL

Not enough supply
*Shortage of laptops on the way back to school in the USA due to lack of 
Chinese supplies*

The devices will arrive several weeks late at schools due to high demand 
and disruption in the component chain aggravated in recent months by the 
trade war launched by Trump.

  Sandro Pozzi (New York) 30.08.2020 - 04:30

As if the return to school in the United States were not chaotic enough, 
teachers and students face a new challenge that threatens to contribute 
to further widening the educational and technological gap. School 
districts across the country, from New York to California to Florida, 
Ohio, Alabama, Texas, and Indiana, are not able to start the course 
remotely as usual because they do not have enough laptops to teach 
classes remotely.

It is a shortage similar to the one experienced at the beginning of the 
pandemic for toilet paper, hand sanitizer, meat, baking flour, bicycles, 
and even canning jars. The computer supply chain is not able to meet the 
strong demand created by teleworking and remote schooling. Just visit 
the Office Depot e-shop, Best Buy or Amazon. The cheapest laptops don't 
even show the price.

The computer became an essential tool for schools after the pandemic 
struck. Public centers in New York City had to improvise on the fly, 
handing out the few used computers they had on hand in classrooms to 
less affluent students. With the virus spreading, Mayor Bill de Blasio 
announced the distribution of 240,000 devices to meet the needs of 
remote teaching. This is what other smaller school districts across the 
country were forced to do as well, anticipating that the new school year 
would start with a combination of classroom and internet classes at 
best. But orders for laptops are not coming in, and buying these 
computers in stores is not an option. Purchases in stores are limited, 
and the computers do not meet the necessary requirements for education.

Even if a parent decides to act on his or her own, he or she is faced 
with an impossible mission. "It's the low-priced computers that are most 
affected," as indicated by the consulting firm Creative Strategies. 
Stock in the case of Best Buy is at 16% on models under $500, such as 
Google's Chromebook, and inventory is limited in the middle range. This 
is forcing schools to prioritize the distribution of devices among 
students who do not have access to a computer at home. The new reality 
created by social distancing is not the only factor explaining this 
shortage. The restrictions imposed by President Donald Trump on trade 
with China disrupted the entire supply chain of electronic components 
needed to manufacture laptops and tablets. Lenovo, HP and Dell, three of 
the largest chromebook manufacturers, are unable to meet a growing 
demand for these devices because of e-learning.


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You can translate the rest of the article if you wish :-)


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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