By now all of us have heard of the earthquake to hit Japan. Did you ever think that it would have an effect of technology in the US; I know I didn't. Well three of the top PC competitors which are Lenovo, Toshiba and Apple are located there. With recent events these three factories have had to shut down because of power outage or damage to the facilities. This will become a problems for consumers in the US because the prices of PC parts will rise, and may even be hard to get your hands on. A lot of people in the US are in panic mode right now and are buying supplies in bulk. Not only the parts are going to go up, but the PC itself are going to make a price curve. Still don't think its going to impact you that much? Well lets just say you are an Apple fan, and you just purchased (pre-ordered) the ipad 2. Well Japan is responsible for at least five components of the ipad 2, now they have more than the problem of if they have enough to ipads for the first week or month of sells, now they have to worry if they will be able to continue production or even fix the ones already sold. This is not just a problem that is affecting the people of Japan but it also making its way to our door step.
http://www.crn.com/news/components-peripherals/229301295/japan-earthquake-could-disrupt-pc-components-supplies-raise-prices.htm?pgno=2&itc=refresh
Good read. Do you think Apple will be able to value the warranty on their products now? With a limited supply I wonder if Apple will take the supply and apply it to new products? Or will they store them in a local warehouse for warranty purposes.
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