Notebook Style Lappies
Friday, July 30th, 2010On a daily basis people have questioned about who invented, and where the initial portable PC or laptop originated from., the initial portable computers did not look like the hard back book sized and folding laptops that we are acquainted with today, however, they were both portable and fitted on ones lap, and led to the development of notebook style laptops as we know them now..
A number of people have since penned stories involving laptops similar to the following.
A story which lately appeared in the local paper concerning Compal Electronics Inc., some say the world’s biggest contract laptop maker. Their chief worry concerns the fact that China currently has a deficit of labour and an issue with rapidly increasing wages; which in their opinion could cause a huge problem in the fragile recovery of the computer market. Fear not I’m sure your HP cheap laptops will definitely arrive if you order it, as most don’t come from Asia to the UK at the moment.
It is the belief of the company chairman that the most efficient way to head off any future problems is to increase wages for their Chinese workers and ensure that they have adequate conditions to work in.
He believes the wages should go up by a “marginal amount” however he was unable to elaborate.
The company churned out 38 million laptop computers last year 23 percent of the world total mostly from its production base in the Chinese city of Kunshan, in China.
Compal expect to set up some more manufacturing facilities over the next year, following the increase in laptop PC sales so far.
It is felt that by 2030 80 percent of Mainland China will be urbanized,” The Chairman informed a shareholders meeting. He believes that “wages are still low in the west, but will catch up rapidly. The suggestion has been made that some large corporations are preparing to chase lower wages and move their businesses, which can be very short-term.”
Some believe the economic recovery is in full swing in mainland China, workers have started demanding large wage increases and showed far less endurance for harder work conditions than their parents and grandparents did only five years ago.
Problems such as those of employees on lower wages being unhappy with their lot was even more pronounced recently following a spate of suicides at a manufacturing plant. The business became so worried that they have since increased the basic rate of pay by 200 percent.
On another noteA £116,000 damages award to an unhappy shopper has been dismissed by judges in an appeal court, in a landmark ruling which could impact thousands of consumers in Scotland.
It was reported that Richard Durkin returned a laptop computer to PC World because it it was technically not fit for the purpose he wanted.
However, the bank that had provided the credit capacity to enable him to buy the laptop continued to chase him for payments, and blacklisted him when he declined to make any.