Which Macs are made in the USA?

[Lt Major Burns]

my powermac says 'designed and assembled by apple in california'. my display says, like my ipod, 'designed by apple in california. assembled in china'.

[ergo proxy]

my display & powerbook is assembled in taiwan, powermac in china while
stuff like keyboard & mighty mouse in malaysia. well now I know, I never really paid any attention to where exactly they were assembled. As long as
it's got that apple logo and it works fine, I'm happy.

[dmetzcher]

Originally Posted by ergo proxy

If I'm not mistaken, The Power PC, Intel and maybe Freescale
chips are still manufactured in the US.

I believe that you are correct about Intel. They just opened a new (or maybe more than one) factory to make the new chips for Apple. Have no idea about the others.

[Viro]

I am pretty certain that Intel and AMD fab their processors in Europe and the USA, but I think they are assembled in Malaysia.

[yossarian1000]

Ok, it looks like the big power macs are still made here....well, assembled here. Yes, I'm aware that Avarice & Greed, Inc....meaning 'business'....is not at fault. It's our own trade polices. It's obvious to me we can't compete against $5 a day labor without stiff trade tariffs to level the playing field, unless we want to work for $5 a day. I guess what we need is a real government to make decisions which actually do something for us citizens. However, we're goiing to be stuck with the same old 'rich get richer and poor get poorer' government we have now.

I suppose I either buy a power mac, buy something from UnionBuiltPC, or switch to the used computer market and cut the manufacturers loose.

Thanks for the input.

[lurk]

We have had this discussion before but the UnionBuiltPC are only there to fleece uninformed partizans. I do not care what criteria you use to make your decisions. But hey, if you want to help your cause you gotta stop deluding yourself by thinking that last $7.86 of union labor makes one bit of difference.

[ksv]

Originally Posted by Shookster

Putting limits on companies' ability to outsource will lead to inefficiency and inflation. If the government consider it to be a problem, they should try to make things cheaper to produce in America so that companies wouldn't *need* to outsource.

I personally don't see a problem with goods that are manufactured in Asia , as it's still the same product at the end of the day, but what I don't like is when English/American companies outsource their telephone systems to Asia. The people on the other end often have no clue what you are talking about.

You'd probably reconsider your stance after seeing Chinese factory workers' conditions.

I'm pleased to tell you it works exactly the opposite way of how you describe. You really wouldn't want Chinese authoritarian «communist-capitalism» applied to American manufacturing plants. Rather, Chinese wealth will accumulate over time, leading to increased prices.

[yossarian1000]

"UnionBuiltPC are only there to fleece uninformed partizans. "

Could you provide a little more detail?