Apple Moving Mac Pro Production from US to China

[Tsing]

Apple's Mac Pro line has been proudly manufactured in the US since 2013, but that's coming to an end. According to The Wall Street Journal, production on the newest model is being moved from Texas to Quanta Computer in China.

Quanta is said to be ramping up production of the new Mac Pro at a factory near Shanghai, and given lower wages and closer proximity to other Apple suppliers in Asia, the Chinese manufacturing is expected to cost Apple less than it would to make the computer in the United States.

With this change, Apple will no longer have any major hardware product manufactured in the US.

 

[Paul_Johnson]

And with that, the Mac Pro loses its one feature that you could try to justify the price with.

 

[Brian_B]

I read this a while ago and found it interesting. Disappointed, but hardly surprised.

Sad part is that Apple could almost certainly keep it here, it's hard to imagine the margin isn't high enough to allow for higher cost of production.

A custom screw was the bottleneck in US Mac Pro production | AppleInsider

A custom screw easily sourced in China held up the Mac Pro build process in Texas, with the tale highlighting one of the problems Apple faces if it moves iPhone and Mac assembly back to America.

appleinsider.com

 

[alxlwson]

I read this a while ago and found it interesting. Disappointed, but hardly surprised.

Sad part is that Apple could almost certainly keep it here, it's hard to imagine the margin isn't high enough to allow for higher cost of production.

A custom screw was the bottleneck in US Mac Pro production | AppleInsider

A custom screw easily sourced in China held up the Mac Pro build process in Texas, with the tale highlighting one of the problems Apple faces if it moves iPhone and Mac assembly back to America.

appleinsider.com

It is sad... Especially considering that regardless of price, MacPro customers will pay anything

 

[northrop]

It is sad... Especially considering that regardless of price, MacPro customers will pay anything

Very true. The guys over at Lift Gamma Gain are super excited the MacPro is under $10k, and can't wait to get their hands on one of them.

Keep in mind... to them, spending $10-$15k per rig is entry-level.