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Fishkill Plant Affected by Blackout

I would imagine that the processors for the initial release must already be fabricated as it takes time to ship assemble and reship the machines. My G5 dual 2Ghz doesn't ship until October anyway so one or two more days won't phase me much.
October ... sigh.
 
ok, so I broke down and bought a used 1ghz G4 powerbook, so glad I did. I'll wait for the G5 powerbooks next year to spend the big money....

YEAH! no more waiting on edge for me.

now I check apples site & macrumors only twice a day.
 
Originally posted by XnavxeMiyyep
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Maybe the positive part is that emergency generators kicked in, alllowing the plant to come to a safe halt. Sounds a lot better than "The plant's equipment came to an abrupt stop after being hit by the power-outage, damaging some production tools. Production should restart in six to eight weeks once IBM has time to fully investigate the assembly line and make necessary repairs."
 
Take ´em to court!

... and now mac users should sue the government too - we want our G5´s on time 🙂

Did you hear the presidents comments on the power grid break down? Poor man. That´s a stupid child trapped in an old man´s body.
 
Well, here is then another reason to produce stuff in third world countries rather than in North America. 😱
😀
 
G5 not only made in Fishkill

Originally posted by XnavxeMiyyep
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Workers from the Burlington, VT IBM chip mfg. facility?

According to MacWorld (current issue, page 9), the G5 is being manufactured in Fishkill and Burlington, VT.
 
It makes me feel all warm and sunny inside to know the types of people we have in charge.

We have Bush saying "gee, hmmm, I think the power grid needs to be modernized or something."

And we have Bloomberg setting up an emergency website for New Yorkers without power.
 
Back to the Dark Ages

"It makes me feel all warm and sunny inside to know the types of people we have in charge" - yoshi1013

Question:
What do you call someone who has all the power in the world, but is still in the dark?

Answer:
Mr. President
 
Well....

Originally posted by MattG
You'd think a multi billion dollar plant like that would have some generators installed for emergencies like this!
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Well, they do! Emergency generators aren't meant to continue production, only bring it to a safe stop. Same in many non-critical datacenters (where I work). People just don't realize how expensive and difficult complete generation can be....

😛
 
Originally posted by Shrike_Priest
Wasn't the PPC970's supposed to be made in Ireland as well?
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I was only a economic geography minor, but is having a plant in Ireland transport cost effective?
 
Originally posted by Capt Underpants
Seems like the fishkill plant is just having problem after problem. First, it was rumored that the plant was having production problems, and not it will be shut down for a couple of days. No fun for IBM.
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Yeah, and I hope this plant doesn't become a scapegoat if IBM can't meet its ambitious roadmap.

I hope that Fishkill doesn't become G5-kill.
 
Re: G5 not only made in Fishkill

Originally posted by rdowns
Workers from the Burlington, VT IBM chip mfg. facility?

According to MacWorld (current issue, page 9), the G5 is being manufactured in Fishkill and Burlington, VT.
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Burlington is the home of the G5 AND Phish?! Nice.
 
Originally posted by Wonder Boy
I was only a economic geography minor, but is having a plant in Ireland transport cost effective?
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It is when you sell computers in the European market, as well as the USA. I don't think all G5s are produced in Ireland, however; some are probably assembled in Sacramento and/or Taiwan.

Speaking of manufacturing plants sited in Ireland, I couldn't help but think of a certain other product wearing a bare brushed-sheetmetal skin... (Tho' hopefully the G5 will enjoy a better long-term fate! 🙂
 
Politically effective, not transport effective

is having a plant in Ireland transport cost effective?
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Some EU contracts favor "local" manufacturers - by assembling in Europe Apple can compete as a local company.
 
and if they assemble in europe, the europeans shouldn't be too far after the US customers in getting their G5s.

There's only two more weeks left of august.... Gaahh....

I want me G5 darnit.
 
I don't think there is a factory for microprocessors of any significance in Ireland, especially not making the PPC 970.

Apple assemble in Ireland because importing parts into the EU is a lot cheaper than importing finished products. And Ireland has lower labour costs than other areas in Europe.
 
With all that we've experienced these past few days, there has to be legitimate lew-way. This isn't like Apple being un-proffessional and blaming their short comings on a more un-proffessional company like Moto..
 
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