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With the previous Mac Pro they made a big deal right away from the fact that it was being made in Texas. Since they didn't do that this time around many people

With the previous Mac Pro they made a big deal right away from the fact that it was being made in Texas. Since they didn't do that this time around many people were wondering if they shifted production over seas. This is Apple quelling those rumors. Also: > The value of American-made components in the new Mac Pro is 2.5 times greater than in Apple’s previous generation Mac Pro.

akhilcacharya 7y ago
Isn’t the MSRP also 2x of the precious gen Mac Pro? ($6k vs $3k)
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- waterhouse 7y ago
  Good point. I'd like to see one of the absolute numbers in addition to the ratio; otherwise the cynical interpretation (which is kind of the appropriate interpretation for PR speak) is, "So the American-made portion used to be 1% of the cost and it's now 2.5%, eh?" (Or 1.25% if the MSRP has a constant ratio to the parts cost.)
Aperocky 7y ago
Yep, intel raised their prices, oh and don't forget the T2 spy chip that's probably also made in the USA.
- dkonofalski 7y ago
  >T2 spy chip What are you trying to say here?
  - briandear 7y ago
    He/She is just trying to be cute. The T2 is a security chip that, ironically (in the context of the parent,) makes spying more difficult since it's on-device security.
  - NilsIRL 7y ago
    He might be referring to the fact it is closed source and there is no way anyone could figure out what it really does.
    - dkonofalski 7y ago
      There's a documented white paper about what it does and you can examine network traffic to determine if it's doing anything claimed. Even today, there are people that have flags and filters set up for traffic coming from these devices. I don't think there's much to worry about here but it's good to see that people are skeptical. People take their data for granted far too often.
  - Aperocky 7y ago
    In addition to real time encryption, it also handles sound and siri, which presumably involve some form of remote communication. I trust Apple as much as NSA, MacOS is closed but it's pretty controllable, T2 Chip is not.

akhilcacharya 7y ago

Isn’t the MSRP also 2x of the precious gen Mac Pro? ($6k vs $3k)

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waterhouse 7y ago
Good point. I'd like to see one of the absolute numbers in addition to the ratio; otherwise the cynical interpretation (which is kind of the appropriate interpretation for PR speak) is, "So the American-made portion used to be 1% of the cost and it's now 2.5%, eh?" (Or 1.25% if the MSRP has a constant ratio to the parts cost.)

Aperocky 7y ago

Yep, intel raised their prices, oh and don't forget the T2 spy chip that's probably also made in the USA.

dkonofalski 7y ago
>T2 spy chip What are you trying to say here?
- briandear 7y ago
  He/She is just trying to be cute. The T2 is a security chip that, ironically (in the context of the parent,) makes spying more difficult since it's on-device security.
- NilsIRL 7y ago
  He might be referring to the fact it is closed source and there is no way anyone could figure out what it really does.
  - dkonofalski 7y ago
    There's a documented white paper about what it does and you can examine network traffic to determine if it's doing anything claimed. Even today, there are people that have flags and filters set up for traffic coming from these devices. I don't think there's much to worry about here but it's good to see that people are skeptical. People take their data for granted far too often.
- Aperocky 7y ago
  In addition to real time encryption, it also handles sound and siri, which presumably involve some form of remote communication. I trust Apple as much as NSA, MacOS is closed but it's pretty controllable, T2 Chip is not.