Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Plainview, NY
Posts: 116

Read e-mail: A rumor that earthquake in Taiwan will affect production of Visor. I do not want to be a rumor-monger, But does anyone know the facts?


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Dave B "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Sydney Australia
Posts: 1883

Geografy is not my best subject, but as far as I know the Visor's are assembled in Malaisya (how do you spell that anyway?..)

hopefully that is not close to Taiwan...

Registered: Sep 1999
Location:
Posts: 72

Don't worry your Visors are safe. Taiwan is not geographically close to Malaysia. Well, even if it was, I'm sure they could hurry up and make our Visors in the remains.

Don't worry about their friends and family that are dead...

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Rio Rancho, NM, USA
Posts: 129

While the Visor is manufactured in Malaysia, there were some concerns that the Taiwan earthquake may have affected component manufacturing (for computers in general, not just for the Visor).

From what I read yesterday on AOL News, the earthquake did not strongly affect the high-tech manufacturing and shipping facilities. I'm a bit skeptical of that, given the ultra-sensitivity of chip building, but let's hope.

Registered: Sep 1999
Location:
Posts: 54

Being in the chip-building industry, I can tell you that the chip fabs in Taiwan suffered little damage from the earthquake itself, but instead are having to deal with breakdowns in the infrastructure over there (no power, no water, etc.). Expect memory prices and such to rise a little over the short term, but nothing catastrophic. I'd be very surprised if it impacted the Visor at all.

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Hong Kong
Posts: 200

Briareos is right! I work in assembly. Even if the Visor is assembled in Malaysia, most parts will be importet, probably some from Taiwan.

We also buy stuff in Taiwan and you can't contact them right now. Many Taiwan homepages are down too.

Some components prices might rise in the short term.....

Please include the visor in your prayer!

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Austin TX, USA
Posts: 79

Since resources (power, water) are now scarce in Taiwan, expect supply to drop. Any increase in the costs of factors of production will decrease supply. And of course, lower supply leads to an increase in Price Level (for a normal good). Unfortunately, this effect should last longer than many expect. Firms will continue to charge the higher price until competition drops it again. Collusion....? Maybe implicit collusion..........

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Larkspur, CO, USA
Posts: 32

Boy, this board needs spellchek...

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Hong Kong
Posts: 200

Wy we ned spelchek?