Tim Cook confirms one line of Macs will be exclusively US-manufactured in 2013

Re:Tim Cook confirms one line of Macs will be exclusively US... by quarterto on Thursday December 06, 2012 @09:51AM (#4881930)

Mac Pro. Not MacBook Pro. You know, the >$4000 workstations.

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Re:Tim Cook confirms one line of Macs will be exclusively US... by joezydeco on Thursday December 06, 2012 @10:34AM (#4882115)

I have to wonder if Foxconn or whomever was making these in Asia decided that the volumes were getting too low to make these at the prices Apple was used to.

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Re:Tim Cook confirms one line of Macs will be exclusively US... by jonknee on Thursday December 06, 2012 @12:08PM (#4882550)

It's not enough money to worry about. Foxconn would assemble them for free if that meant keeping the iPhone/iPad business.

The Mac Pro is very easy to assemble, but is large and heavy to ship from China to the US. It would make sense to assemble closer to the target market.

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Re:Tim Cook confirms one line of Macs will be exclusively US... by jfb on Thursday December 06, 2012 @11:57AM (#4882492)

There was very little engineering in the Mac Pro that hadn't already been fully amortized. They're not like the rest of the product line, where there continues to be serious money and effort spent to refine manufacturing processes.

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Re:Tim Cook confirms one line of Macs will be exclusively US... by wonderzombie on Thursday December 06, 2012 @01:21PM (#4882969)

Hey, c'mon, I only paid like ~$2500 for mine.

;)

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