Which Macs are made in the USA?

[yossarian1000]

I'd like to buy a new mac but I'm not an anti-American-labor kind of guy. Which macs are still made here, if any?

[Cam]

Interesting question and I hope someone will answer. My understanding of the industry is that most if not all assembly done in Asia. I have heard that some desktop units have the heat sink assembly put on in the local country to avoid damage to processor during shipment. Otherwise all assembly done abroad.

[Viro]

Most are made in China, if I'm not mistaken.

[CharlieJ]

Originally Posted by Viro

Most are made in China, if I'm not mistaken.

I think he maybe correct look on the back on the iPod's it says "designed in apple california assembled in china" and older ipods say Taiwan This computer I am on now is a Powermac G4 which is made in the usa my imac is made in china

[fryke]

Didn't we have this thread almost exactly the same a few weeks/months ago in the Café?

[dmetzcher]

Originally Posted by yossarian1000

I'd like to buy a new mac but I'm not an anti-American-labor kind of guy. Which macs are still made here, if any?

Not that your attitude is a bad thing, but you are going to have a hard time buying anything in the very near future, especially electronic devices. We are not competitive in this country, and companies are outsourcing everything just to stay in business (and yes, it is necessary when every other company is doing it, and you have to hit a certain price point to get people to buy your products). Instead of only buying things that are made in the US, we should really be lobbying Congress to make it harder for companies to outsource work while reaping the benefits of being an American company. There is no other way, and boycotting companies isn't going to do enough. It didn't work in the 80s or 90s, and it isn't working now.

Anyway, just my two cents.

[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.

[ergo proxy]

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