Some PCs are assembled in the U.S., but not many. This includes those from Lenovo, the China-based firm that runs a factory in North Carolina. Apple operates a Mac Pro assembly plant in Austin, but makes many of its other products overseas.
Lenovo and Apple may have an edge in selling PCs to the U.S., under President Donald Trump's recently signed "Hire American, Buy American" executive order signed this week, say analysts.
All PCs are made with components sourced globally, but vendors that assemble products in the U.S. may gain preference. Trump's executive order doesn't spell out how "buying American" will work for IT suppliers -- if it happens at all.
[...] "Think about the prevalence of open source software like Linux across all federal agencies," said Thielemann. "How do you really carve out the piece [of code] that is 'American' -- it's impossible to do."
"The government has information technology that it frankly cannot source from the United States alone," said Thielemann.
How do you "Buy American" in tech when the tech is made all over the world?
(Score: 3, Informative) by davester666 on Sunday April 23 2017, @06:30AM
Actually, there is legislation, I believe passed back in the mid 1930's, for the US gov't to "buy American". This is just PR for that old law.