Photos: Inside Dell's Austin assembly plant

@import url(/css/news/102104gamephotos.css); Photos: Inside Dell's Austin assembly plant Back to: Dell: From factory floor to finished gear Back to: Dell closing in on plans for new U.S. plant? Back to: Week in Review: Election takes center stage Back to: Dell's dirty words: Outsourcing, proprietary Back to: Photo credit: Michael Kanellos Desktop PCs ride a series of conveyor belts and elevators (square tower seen at right) in the 300,000-square-foot plant. @import url(/css/news/102104gamephotos.css); Photos: Inside Dell's Austin assembly plant Back to: Dell: From factory floor to finished gear Back to: Dell closing in on plans for new U.S. plant? Back to: Week in Review: Election takes center stage Back to: Dell's dirty words: Outsourcing, proprietary Previous photo | Photo credit: Michael Kanellos Installing components into a PC takes a worker 2 to 3 minutes. @import url(/css/news/102104gamephotos.css); Photos: Inside Dell's Austin assembly plant Back to: Dell: From factory floor to finished gear Back to: Dell closing in on plans for new U.S. plant? Back to: Week in Review: Election takes center stage Back to: Dell's dirty words: Outsourcing, proprietary | Photo credit: Michael Kanellos Boxed PCs are prepared for shipping. @import url(/css/news/102104gamephotos.css); Photos: Inside Dell's Austin assembly plant Back to: Dell: From factory floor to finished gear Back to: Dell closing in on plans for new U.S. plant? Back to: Week in Review: Election takes center stage Back to: Dell's dirty words: Outsourcing, proprietary | Photo credit: Michael Kanellos Components arrive on one side of the plant, and finished PCs are shipped out the back door. @import url(/css/news/102104gamephotos.css); Photos: Inside Dell's Austin assembly plant Back to: Dell: From factory floor to finished gear Back to: Dell closing in on plans for new U.S. plant? Back to: Week in Review: Election takes center stage Back to: Dell's dirty words: Outsourcing, proprietary | Photo credit: Michael Kanellos Perhaps your neighbor ordered this PC a few hours before its assembly. @import url(/css/news/102104gamephotos.css); Photos: Inside Dell's Austin assembly plant Back to: Dell: From factory floor to finished gear Back to: Dell closing in on plans for new U.S. plant? Back to: Week in Review: Election takes center stage Back to: Dell's dirty words: Outsourcing, proprietary | Photo credit: Michael Kanellos A redesigned workspace allowed Dell to trim 20 seconds off the assembly process. @import url(/css/news/102104gamephotos.css); Photos: Inside Dell's Austin assembly plant Back to: Dell: From factory floor to finished gear Back to: Dell closing in on plans for new U.S. plant? Back to: Week in Review: Election takes center stage Back to: Dell's dirty words: Outsourcing, proprietary | Photo credit: Michael Kanellos Finished PCs are tested before being shipped. @import url(/css/news/102104gamephotos.css); Photos: Inside Dell's Austin assembly plant Back to: Dell: From factory floor to finished gear Back to: Dell closing in on plans for new U.S. plant? Back to: Week in Review: Election takes center stage Back to: Dell's dirty words: Outsourcing, proprietary Previous photo | Beginning Photo credit: Michael Kanellos Employees work on the ground, while PCs shuttle on conveyor belts above.