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posted by martyb on Sunday August 30 2020, @01:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the of-course-it-is-impossible-to-get-online-using-a-desktop dept.

US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning:

As students and teachers prepare for a return to in-person learning for at least some of the time this fall, many of the nation's schools are facing shortages and delays for laptops and tablets needed for online learning, an Associated Press investigation revealed.

Lenovo, HP and Dell, the nation's largest computer companies, have informed school districts that they are short nearly five million laptops.

[...] Last month, at the request of President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Commerce imposed sanctions on 11 Chinese companies, including Lenovo, AP reported. School administrators have asked the Trump administration to devise a solution because remote learning without laptops is impossible.

Lenovo has informed school districts of the supply chain delays and the trade controls set by the Commerce Department, which would cause another slowdown. Lenovo declined to respond to an inquiry from AP.

Have any Soylentils run into this?


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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by dale_dmanny on Sunday August 30 2020, @02:23PM

    by dale_dmanny (11756) on Sunday August 30 2020, @02:23PM (#1044176)
    Long story short: Yes absolutely. Seen stock decimated over two weeks. This in the rush of "send the first kid off to college" experience.

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    Got caught in a pinch between willing to spend local retail prices and then having no good out when the unit flaked out as stocks were wiped out.

    If anyone wants to hear more details of a truly evil issue between an AMD Ryzen 4500u and a SK Hynix M.2 PCIe 3 x 2 lane SSD, please reply. Current status is no issue of the last week but, damn, this was one of the worst purchase experiences I've seen from either side of the deal in nearly forty years experience.

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