50g

Yes I can remember the HP35 and HP45.... good build quality. I don't
really want to get into the pros and cons of manufacturing locations,
however as suggested its all about maximizing bottom line profit.

Take for example the totally inadequate manual and documentation that
comes with the HP50g.. and compare it if you remember to the quality
of the manuals that accompanied both the HP35 and Hp45..

Another example of how to maximize profit...

Walsh





--- In 50g@yahoogroups.com, "Cary Enoch R... aka Enoch's Vision, Inc."
<caryenochr@...> wrote:
>
> > 1a. Re: HP 27S Solver & HP 50g Solve
> >     Posted by: "Guy Teague" accts@... gteague
> 
> > hp used to be renowned for their quality and it was a sad day to
see 'made
> > in singapore' on an hp27s i bought although it's still one of my
favorite
> > calculators as to operation even though it literally eats expensive
> > batteries and you can barely see the display. i wonder if any of
the folks
> > praising the 'quality' of the hp50 have even worked on an hp35,
45, 55 &c.
> > the new hp35 're-issue' was a welcome attempt and it indeed brings
back fond
> > memories of when hp wrote the book on calculator quality, but the
interface
> > and programming are not good and i myself found a bug in it and
when it
> > comes down to me finding a bug hp missed, they are indeed in trouble.
> 
> Why does "made in Singapore" distress you?
> 
> HP calculators have been manufactured in Singapore in addition to
other places for more 
> than the past 30 years. Singapore has world class manufacturing
facilities and a highly 
> skilled workforce. Singapore is a source of Intel CPUs and numerous
primary components 
> from other manufacturers also.
> 
> It was actually more profitable for HP to ship calculator components
from California and 
> Oregon to Asia. They were assembled there and then returned to the
USA for packaging and 
> final shipment. That practice is no different than those of nearly
any other 
> manufacturer you can name, whether their corporate headquarters are
in the US or Japan. 
> Today the world's cheapest manufacturing comes from China which is
also the major 
> dumping ground for all the toxic byproducts of electronics
manufacturing.
> 
> [ sidebar: I worked for HP/Corvallis in 1983, and for Intel from
1984-1991. ]
> 
> I believe the last model that HP manufactured mostly in the USA was
the HP67. Underneath 
> the keyboard, there was a entirely different design. Each key
essentially floated in a 
> three-part cup-like structure. If you spilled a small amount of
liquid on the keyboard, 
> you could just turn it over and shake it out. The HP41 and the
HP12/15/16 series sported 
> cheaper and less sturdy snap disk keys (basically just a thin sheet
with aluminum 
> protrusions under the keys).
> 
> The HP49 was designed by Kinpo Electronics, Inc. At one time HP's
calculators were their 
> most profitable product. They were designed by the Advanced Products
Division in 
> Corvallis, Oregon. I believe it is just a minor profit center now if
at all.
> 
> Explore:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_calculators
> 
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