Slashdot Mirror
Some Apple iMacs "Assembled In America"
whisper_jeff writes "A number of newly-purchased standard units are showing an "Assembled in America" notation. While the markings don't necessarily mean that Apple is in the midst of transferring its entire assembly operation from China to the U.S., it does indicate that at least a few of the new iMacs were substantially assembled domestically."
I couldn't care less about where it was assembled. The parts are still made in China
If you cared about both things then you had better not be typing on a computer less than twenty years old.
Otherwise why are you harping on Apple for slowly shifting some assembly AND manufacture (remember they make chips in Texas) to the U.S. and giving every other company a free pass?
It's obvious it's going to take some time to move much of the whole process back to the U.S., if it can be done at all. At least Apple is trying.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Over the past 30 years, wages in the U.S. have remained flat while productivity has doubled. So the average worker is producing twice as much for the same pay. Where do you think all of that extra free production capacity goes? It maybe is related to the concentration of wealth at the top. Whatever your take on Unions, they're labor cost are still inadequate compared to production. But whatever, keep sucking up to the rich and maybe they'll actually let you kiss their ring one day.