In the 1990s none of that stuff was made in mainland China, not even the cases. A great deal was made in Taiwan. Even more was still made in the USA. Person

In the 1990s none of that stuff was made in mainland China, not even the cases. A great deal was made in Taiwan. Even more was still made in the USA. Personally I remember AST -- a PC clone vendor who specialized in vertical integration, all in the USA. USA-made accessory cards, fit into USA-made motherboards, fit into USA-made cases, run by USA-made power supplies. All this dried up and blew away, including the parent company, as both mainland and Taiwan capacity improved and prices fell, but it was not that long ago that you could literally build an entire PC with American components. 25 years, not 50 or 70.