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cydonian_monk on Oct 2, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Lenovo Computers, Soon To Be Made In America

Though not an absolute requirement, the "Buy American Act" [1] gives preference to equipment that is made in this country and intended for government/military use. This could be a legal/marketing maneuver on Lenovo's part to get a larger share of government technology contracts.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buy_American_Act

bduerst on Oct 2, 2012 [–]

Ah, thank you - that makes perfect sense. I wish they would have covered this in the article.

HP has a large portion of the government contracts market for laptops.

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