Made In China-- A bad word in IT?

Whenever we think of a Made in China Product, we think of a few things; dingy plastic word, strange sounding names and most importantly- melanin, but that has nothing to do with IT and so we'll leave it out.

Now, I've bought on many occasions, Mp3 and Mp4 players that just so happened to be made in the middle country, as us Chinese refer to China, and I've found various issues, most of which greatly reduced the fun of using them.

One such problem is the fact that you'd probably get four good months of quality time with it, before the thing breaks apart in your hands (sort of like the Nokia 5610...), but for the prices us cheap-skates are paying, we can't really complain, can we?

Another thing that one might note, is that the minute you pull one out of your pocket, everybody knows your cheap! What with the distinct brand names like Jing Ming Jia or Oklar. It is, however, incomparably awesome to pull out an Apple from your pocket and flash it everywhere in the train, or the latest Nokia.

And also, they feel terrible when you use them; low grade plastic and terrible English everywhere, it's just a reminder of how low on funds you are.

In fact, the irony was that I started this post to try and defend Made in China products, but after scouring the internet and asking my friends' opinions, I realized it would be fruitless; there is nothing good about things made in China. Please, if you want to buy an Mp3, save up like the rest of us. You could probably get a good deal.