china vs. japan

While at Fry's, I noticed the n6110 was made in japan and the n6220 was made in china. Do I need to be concerned about quality of build? Any user experiences or insights in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

 

My N6010 is made in china, no build problems at all. In fact extreme attention to details while assembling, is what I noticed when I took my N6010 apart.

 

What standard it is built to is more important than where it is built. ThinkPads, the best built notebooks, have been made in China for some time.

 

mic and mij doesn't determine
it's all the QC that matters.. some MIC have very good and stringent quality control, like IBM laptops so the quality is assured. While some MIJ also do break down.
But I think it's all in the mind.. ppl will feel better if they have made in japan vs made in china below the laptop

 

this should be a non issue, even with labels such as "made in xxxx".. every single component is made elsewhere.. the RAM might be from Taiwan, the HD from Japan, the optical drive from China, etc. It's how the global economy works.

 

although my N6210 says made in china on the box it shipped to me from Japan. who knows why, maybe they do QC in japan? anyway it really doesn't make any difference at all, again just look at IBM's build quality, and Fujitsu's is just as high

 

I don't think you have to look at the country of origin; look at which company makes the notebook, thats what really matters.

 

Where the notebook is made determines whether the price you paid for is worth it or not.

If you find a notebook X that was made in Japan and a comparable notebook Y made in China, then it is safe to assume that notebook X offers more bang for the buck than notebook Y.

People often find the impression that the production costs of notebooks made in China is less than the production costs of comparable notebooks made in Japan. Also, they begin to assume that

less production costs = less quality control = flimsy product