There is a big difference between assembled in the USA and manufactured in the USA. Assembled means put together from parts mostly made in China, the chassis are shipped over with motherboards, PSUs, cabling and such already installed and then based on your selection of CPU, disk, memory etc those parts are put together in the US. The process is essentially the same. Your Apple's, HPs, Lenovo's etc have all been built and assembled in China and other places for years.
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There is a big difference between assembled in the USA and manufactured in the USA. Assembled means put together from parts mostly made in China, the chassis are shipped over with motherboards, PSUs, cabling and such already installed and then based on your selection of CPU, disk, memory etc those parts are put together in the US. The process is essentially the same. Your Apple's, HPs, Lenovo's etc have all been built and assembled in China and other places for years.