Mesh Computers goes into administration

[Technical Ben]

I thought the issue was over non standard layouts? IE 1 mem slot, or no PCI or just plain sparse on the general features?
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[Glenn]

Sounds like a Dell or HP PC.

[pctech]

Do you think other Chinese mass production units are really that much better? I srsly doubt it. Foxconn gets press because of who uses it, Asus Gigabyte etc all probably use cheap Chinese production with bad conditions, but media whores are not going to get a 'big story' about motherboards or graphics cards are they?

Absolutely Gary.

I have to say I maybe being a little unfair on the company as I'm basing my opinion on that nightmare of a Dell PC I had which had a Foxconn motherboard.

It was probably more to do with the shoddy build quality of the Dell PC.

[Gary]

Absolutely Gary.

I have to say I maybe being a little unfair on the company as I'm basing my opinion on that nightmare of a Dell PC I had which had a Foxconn motherboard.

It was probably more to do with the shoddy build quality of the Dell PC.

Dell and bad hardware go hand in hand these days, Mitch. Alienware was the same when dell took over it, the Alienware computers built in Ireland were built badly  the thing is everything that comes out of the PRC is dubious quality, no two items are the same even though they should be if they are off the same run, our thirst of new toys on mass has made such toys just that, expensive throw away items, how can you manufacture quality when you have to ship such large numbers 

[pctech]

I have to say I went to Dell initially because we have quite a few Dell desktops and a few servers at work (though have never looked inside 'em) so thought I must be fairly safe.

Several wasted days off later waiting for replacement units that when I rang the courier I was told were rejected because the box was dented when they collected it off the boat.

[Gary]

I have to say I went to Dell initially because we have quite a few Dell desktops and a few servers at work (though have never looked inside 'em) so thought I must be fairly safe.

Several wasted days off later waiting for replacement units that when I rang the courier I was told were rejected because the box was dented when they collected it off the boat.

Do we actually manufacture any computer equipment in the UK these days?

[pctech]

Mesh and Scan are UK system builders which sell to consumers (there's also Stone, RM, Viglen and Akhter that sell to education)

Intel have a plant in Swindon I believe.

We do have ARM holdings who design lower chips for smatphones and tablets but they licence the designs to iothers.

[Glenn]

Intel in Swindon is a sales office according to their website, they also have a solutions centre in Winnersh, Reading. http://www.intel.com/jobs/unitedkingdom/sites/swindon.htm