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I suspect this will be the mac pro line. This is probably the reason for the 2013 mac pro quote from Tim Cook.
by gordeh 14y ago
I suspect this will be the mac pro line. This is probably the reason for the 2013 mac pro quote from Tim Cook.
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- quarterto 14y agoMac Pro. Not MacBook Pro. You know, the >$4000 workstations.
- joezydeco 14y agoI 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.
- jfb 14y agoThere 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.
- jonknee 14y agoIt'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.
- wonderzombie 14y agoHey, c'mon, I only paid like ~$2500 for mine. ;)
- numbsafari 14y agoYou gotta start with something in order to build up a manufacturing base. Also, given that Apple is building huge datacenters of its own, it's likely they could be looking to in-source their own servers going forward as well.