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Apple CEO Tim Cook 'Proud' to Build New Mac Pro in Texas
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It’s a big, big beautiful hat. Just a yuge hat. So beautiful and yuge, the most beautiful and yuge hat you’ve ever seen...
Will the price hike steeper than the steps Valhahaha after the products made in US?
Not necessarily. iPhones are very small in comparison so shipping components from around the world to China then shipping a bunch of assembled phones back to the US is relatively in expensive (compared to shipping Mac Pros around the world). Plus, I suspect there will be a lot of automation in the new factory so labor costs will be a relatively small percentage of total costs. I am happy to see this and I wish them well.
That's not how cost of living works and work condition doesn't have anything to do with the wage. It simply costs less to live in China in general because the cost of goods and services are lower. There is no "model" to import because there is no model to talk of.
Also, China is a second world country, although that's not really relevant information here.
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If you had read the article you'd known it's from a video interview. Unless you're suggesting that they did in in front of a green screen...
I've worn hard hats on numerous occasions and the fit of Tim's hard hat looks fine to me. They are designed with internal webbing / straps to make the shell stand off of your head an inch or so to cushion the impact of something striking your head.
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I teach Operations Management and Supply Chain Management for a Big 10 University. There are a lot of factors that go into deciding where to locate factories including where components are coming from, where the main market is located, availability of skilled workforce, taxes & tariffs, political considerations, etc. Was politics a factor in Apple's decision to build a factory in Texas? Very likely. Did Apple do it just for political reasons / PR stunt? Absolutely not.
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I understand why they need to give Trump this photo op (tariff help), but I wish they would stand by their morals in this regard. They always tout that their principles drive their decisions, but this clearly motivated by money and overlooks a lot of shortcomings of the current administration.
Another day, another cringefest of a PR exercise.
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Morals? Trump literally doesn't recognise the concept, he probably thinks they're back teeth. Whereas Cook's are infamously fluid, hence the accusations of hypocrisy. Honestly, I'm not sure who is worse.
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Give it up, dorks. The iPhone will never be made here... and it shouldn't be. It would cost Apple more money. Apple is a business. A business's sole purpose for existing is profit. GET. OVER. IT.
It hasn't changed. iPhones are "Assembled in China" not "Made in China".
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It doesn't say "Made in China". iPhones are "Assembled in China". Now your definition of made and assembled might be the same but Tim Cook is correct. Notice he didn't say the Mac Pro is "Made in America" -- it's "built" or assembled here using parts from all over the world.
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Which is exactly how Steve Jobs wanted Apple products (if we can believe Walter Isaacson's biography).
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No one is asking the big question, though...
What watchband is Tim wearing?
Looks like the Khaki sport loop to me.
What watchband is Tim wearing?
Looks like the Khaki sport loop to me.
It is required by labour laws to wear personal protective equipment when on a construction site. It's for safety, not to masquerade that they are a blue collar worker. When clients come to our sites they are required to wear hats, vests, and boots just like the workers.
For the people making fun of the Apple Logo, even that is normal. Many contractors, designers, and trades have their hard hats branded. I am sure Apple keeps a bunch of PPE equipment on site for their walkthroughs.
Certainly this interview is PR ... but when the PR is on a construction site, this attire is required for safety not simply pageantry.
for the people in the back. he is required by law.
but the pr stunt is the assembly plant has been in production since 2013.
yes, it has been building mac pros since 2013. (putting together)
This is a trump level PR stunt.
how so? that’s how hard hats work.. the ‘hat’ part is inside and it’s adjustable.. then the hard shell is suspended around it.
Mac Pro will sell thousands and maybe into the low tens of thousands. Bring all the other Macs (and/or iPhone/Ipads) back to the US and you can be proud, IMO.
Right. So the point would stand if the new tariffs weren’t announced there wouldn’t be a need for a waiver...
I would agree in situations like Hong Kong but nothing like that is happening in the United States. Hate Trump all you want (and I do) but I’ll bet your life isn‘t much different than it was before Trump. This photo op didn’t make a ton of news. Tim Cook publicly correcting Trump would be all over the news. Why would Cook want to invite the wrath of Twitter Trump and MAGA world? He (and Apple) doesn’t need the headache and news attention it would cause.
Right...... the shortcomings of the current administration is worse than the murdering human-rights-abusing country China that has no regards for life or freedom at all..... which is also the country that most of Apple's crap is manufactured in.
Yep the real issue here is Trump! Because it's Trump and we can't like Trump because it triggers us!
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It's a lame attempt at insulting Trump because liberals are triggered by the thought, sight, sound, or mention of him.
I wasn't correlating or comparing the two. Both are problematic and are no good for society.
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That's a fair point. It hasn't for the most part, aside from me recognizing more and more how truly corrupt things are and how the bulk of America is too dumb to realize it. I suppose I should be used to Apple speaking out both sides of their mouth, as every company generally does.
Trump has been doing more for society than the Democrats have. Trump is actually making changes for the better of Americans as a whole versus the continued witch hunt the Democrats have been fueling for the past three years.
You really have to try hard to ignore the positive things that have been happening.
But hey, don't worry Democrats, if the Republicans grow a pair they'll use the same BS against you when you get in office. The Democrats have set new standards for low and no morals.
like what positive things? Being shining an example that criminal and corrupt behavior is ok? That your own advantage is always the most important goal? That constant lying and bullsh**ting is fine?
Great way to teach your children really! Maga!