Photos: Inside Dell's Austin assembly plant

Photo credit: Michael Kanellos

Components arrive on one side of the plant, and finished PCs are shipped out the back door.

wow..
by lewissalem October 29, 2004 9:58 AM PDT: ..i sure hope dell moves here to winston-salem so we can pay them millions in subsidies for mid 20k a year jobs :(; Like this Reply to this comment

That was cool
by October 29, 2004 2:10 PM PDT: That was cool, even if I do not own a dell; Like this Reply to this comment

HAL?....Hello HAL? Are you in there?
by davidf1234 October 30, 2004 7:38 AM PDT: Some day HAL9000 will rise from the Dell plant and control the earth, the solar system, the universe. Remember it all started here.; Like this Reply to this comment

Cool
by anilalias October 31, 2004 12:07 PM PST: Hi,
I work in Dell.Its nice to see these cool pictures!
regards,
Anil Alias.; Like this Reply to this comment

Employees
by firstmagnitude November 5, 2004 9:27 PM PST: Of course the employees aren't smiling.; Like this Reply to this comment

Super Duper
by Blazer2008 November 10, 2004 10:47 PM PST: Dell came to Tennessee a few years ago to install multi million dollar factories just like we are now hearing about NC. The tax incentives are great and employment numbers are what politicians look forward to using to get re-elected. Look at all the tax money being used to lure Dell into business. I do not know what business would not mind having the ability to pull that type of tax relief, plus make astounding profits. Things will die down in the future as the market gets saturated. While working in Dell I could not imagine where, or who was purchasing all the computers being pumped out every minute. It is an amazing process - which allows Dell to hire through Temp. Employment services so relieve the worker comp, healthcare costs and write off the cost of the employees as a back end tax kick.; Like this Reply to this comment

Nice pics
by Yuzer_Nayme November 18, 2004 12:09 PM PST: These were particularly interesting.; Like this Reply to this comment

looks like my apartment and my best friends also!
by shulickp November 20, 2006 3:29 PM PST: looks like my apartment and my best friends also!; Like this Reply to this comment

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