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Re:Ask HN: Non-Chinese Laptops? by solardev on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @08:53PM (#40449038)
I wonder if government procurement/compliance rules might help here? For example the military has a Trusted Supplier program for chips: https://www.acq.osd.mil/asds/dmea/tapo/trusted-supplier-prog...

There's also a government shopping site for approved "MAS IT Schedule 70" desktops and laptops: https://www.gsaadvantage.gov/advantage/ws/search/gss_search and some of those say "Made in the USA", but I'm not sure of the extent of vetting they do of those component parts. They're mostly Dell and HP machines, but those vendors might have special pipelines for getting those special USA machines...? Not sure.

Re:Ask HN: Non-Chinese Laptops? by Spooky23 on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @09:31PM (#40449324)
That stuff is mostly bullshit. For most products “Made in the USA” means TAA compliant, which means they are substantially transformed in the US.

Translation: they attach the laptop display and hard drive in Texas, and charge 50% more.