My first instincts were to just dump the computer, ship it home to Oregon for repair or buy a new computer somewhere in Indonesia.
Dell was promoting its build-on-demand model, Gateway computer shipped its products in boxes with Holstein cow markings, and I.B.M. had introduced the ThinkPad with its Little Tramp marketing campaign.
Now almost 70% is exported, and TriGem probably makes only a few bucks on every computer shipped.
These expenses could include a digital camera, a computer, shipping supplies, office space, employee wages, anything and everything related to the operations of the business.
Intel is replacing motherboards on personal computers shipped since November 1999.
"Before this whole revolution is over, there will be 2.5 billion computers shipped worldwide," he predicted.
Fewer laptop computers shipped from China spells less demand for chips.
Out of the approximately 36,000 computers shipped by Gateway on Dec. 23, 9 did not make it, Mr. Augustine said.
This next chart from Asymco.com shows some of that history by quantifying the number of number of personal computers shipped in each year since 1975.
