Durable laptop computers will replace printed navigational charts in planes.
Date : 3/9/2010 Round Rock, Texas Following the successful launch of the ultrathin and light Vostro™ V13, Dell is offering business customers even more choice with the stylish Vostro 3000 series – a range of new thin, lightweight and durable laptop computers.
BURLINGAME, Calif. Stock up now, because if the economy collapses, the grid goes down and the survivors turn into cannibals, you're going to need a really, really durable notebook computer.
Other experts gave similar credit to the efficiencies achieved in manufacturing durable goods, particularly computers, semiconductors and communications equipment.
That fact may exaggerate the trend, since prices of some durable goods, like computers, have fallen over the years.
Manufacturing — especially of so-called durable goods, like computers and machinery, many of which are purchased by companies — has been adding jobs.
Manufacturers of durable goods like computers, furniture and steel have made the deepest cuts, with one of every nine jobs in these industries eliminated since early 2001.
Over the past six months, companies have reduced their stocks of durable goods like computers and cars at a very rapid 7.7percentt annualized rate, and they now hold less inventory than they did a year ago.
COOLING DOWN -- The government's report on orders in July for durable goods like computers and kitchen appliances should provide an important clue to which way the economy is heading.
Management is one of the most durable professions, even as computers advance.
