Big Blue expects to remanufacture 100, 000 servers and personal computers a year by 2014 by installing new memory andstorageandpackaging them for resale to the domestic Chinese market.
All attempts to develop Afghanistan as an agricultural exporter suffer from fundamental difficulties: lack of fertiliser and pesticides, a poor road network, shortages of electricity and cold-storage depots, and only rudimentary packaging.
Another important factor in the latest round of thin vs. thick (lots more storageand processing capability) clients is that the current generation of mobile devices offer light weight attractive packaging, fast access to content (no wait for boot and application changes) and reasonable battery life (although this is an area of much needed development).