Finally broke down and ordered the laptop computer I’ve been thinking about for a couple of years. My choice? The 12″ one, for price and portability reasons. Having seen my sister’s, I know it’s still relatively heavy, but beats my G4/400 in most ways.
Most interesting part to me, in this global world (yes, that’s redundant), is the shipping. I ordered it from the Apple Store (perhaps foolish, as I pay California sales tax, but there you are. So, where is it coming from? Taiwan. Now, I’m not surprised that it’s built in Asia, given the state of the world and of tech, but it is interesting that shipping something (even something relatively small) across the Pacific Ocean is clearly more economical than building the machine here in the United States. According to FedEx, the machine’s voyage started in TAOYUAN CITY TW, and made its way to TA YUAN HSIANG TW, before arriving at C.K.S. INTL AIRPORT TW. The transoceanic laptop left from there for ANCHORAGE AK (hmmm… most direct route?) to make its United States landfall. It left Anchorage this afternoon, so we’ll see when it arrives in San Francisco.
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