Irish-made laptops?

poochiem

Buying a laptop - can anyone give me a list of laptops that are made in Ireland?

Alanstrainor

non afaik.
I believe all Dell's laptops are produced in Poland?
Unless of course you want a list of places to buy laptops? Do you have a budget? What is the intended use of the laptop?

poochiem

nah, just wondering if there are any Irish manufactured ones

GeeNorm

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Production of notebook PCs is largely concentrated in one small area within an hour of Shanghai, China, and spearheaded by Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) that are owned and managed by the Taiwanese. "Flagship" PC companies such as Dell, Apple, HP, and Gateway contract with Taiwanese ODMs to design and manufacture laptops. In turn, ODMs work with a group of third- and fourth-tier suppliers to source various computer parts and components.

"Dell, for example, has its ODMs manufacture the motherboard, while components such as the hard drive and the monitor are put on in a separate factory," says Foster. The ODM will partner with a third-tier supplier that manufactures connectors, for instance, and that third-tier supplier will source wire for its connectors from a fourth-tier supplier, he explains.

This multi-tiered supply chain has worked well for the flagship PC companies, providing production cost advantages and allowing them to reduce research and design budgets by leaning on the Taiwanese experts. The ODMs and suppliers, by focusing on core competencies, also remain profitable."

From http://knowledge.wpcarey.asu.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1248

I just did a quick search for the above but I do remember reading a few years back that the US military were worried about supply security because they use a lot of laptops and less than 10% of world production is outside of China. No source for this though

Johnny Volume

"iQon is Ireland’s largest indigenous Hardware manufacturer...."

http://www.iqon.ie/index.jsp?&pID=93&nID=110

kaizersoze

Johnny Volume wrote: »

"iQon is Ireland’s largest indigenous Hardware manufacturer...."

http://www.iqon.ie/index.jsp?&pID=93&nID=110

Didn't IQON gone bust?

Johnny Volume

Not sure. The website looks live enough

kaizersoze

Thursday May 01 2008

Co Louth-based computer firm iQon Technologies was forced to shut down earlier this year after failing to come out of a period of examinership with debts of almost €12m.

The company, which made laptops and computer consoles at its headquarters in Dundalk, had debts of €11.8m and assets of €5.4m, leaving it with a deficit of €6.4m.

iQon, which had the Tesco's Computer-for-Schools contract, was in talks with a French technology firm about a possible rescue deal.

But in January, the High Court appointed a liquidator to the firm, which resulted in the loss of 109 jobs, after an examiner failed to produce a workable salvage plan.

Ciaran O'Donoghue, managing director and founder of iQon, said he was devastated to see deficits for two years running cripple a previously profitable company.

They did alright, unless they're making a comeback. *shudder*

cpu-dude

Johnny Volume wrote: »

Not sure. The website looks live enough

iQon.com wrote:

iQon recommends Windows Vista® Home Premium.

*shudders*