[Cronos]

that's correct -- there's a huge growth happening out there and Dell wants to sell more comps in India (And china)

[wbill]

Thanks. It's good to have someone who takes a second to understand the article, rather than someone who beats their chest and threatens to never look at another Dell again.

The probitive shipping and inventory costs alone make overseas manufacture of American computers difficult.

Typically - at least what I've seen - is that wherever Dell decides to put a plant, supporting plants (Intel for chips and boards, to name one) immediately spring up around it to supply their need.