The T30s were made in both Mexico and China. Lisa won't use the Chinese-built ones and insists on Mexican-made ones. In fact, we special-ordered a couple of Mexican-made T30s from one online vendor who insisted that they had them. When the boxes arrived, Lisa opened them up and found they were Chinese. The vendor had simply taken the next two off the stack. We sent them back, and because she was so annoyed with their quality control, demanded a full refund rather than a replacement. (She hates having to buy computer equipment by mail order, but it seems almost impossible to do otherwise these days. She wants to look at stuff and handle it. We've spent a lot of money on return shipping.)
This Toughbook was made, it appears, in Korea. It's mil-spec, apparently, but not actually made for the military. I think Lisa would really like to get one of the rare made-in-America boxes. There must be some out there, if only to meet military manufacturing requirements; however, that's one reason they're likely to be hideously expensive.
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Date: 2008-02-22 10:34 pm (UTC)This Toughbook was made, it appears, in Korea. It's mil-spec, apparently, but not actually made for the military. I think Lisa would really like to get one of the rare made-in-America boxes. There must be some out there, if only to meet military manufacturing requirements; however, that's one reason they're likely to be hideously expensive.