Asus items are mostly made in Taiwan and not in China, so there are labor unions. But, that is not the point. How does a Lenovo ThinkPad priced at $1.5K has the same specs as a Asus laptop priced at $1K? I am talking from the manufacturers website price. On top of that, a similar speced Toshiba laptop is being quoted at $2K at the dynabook website. Then the similarly speced Dell Latitudes are being sold at $2.5K at Dell's website. What is Asus breaking in the laptops that they sell, such that they are sold so cheap?