Robots!
Which ironically are built outside the US (for the most part) and imported.
Robots!
Jobs are very cool! I wish it was a us company profiting tho (besides apple lol).
Still I will take jobs!
I hope there will be an option to buy a USA made Apple on checkout. I would pay up to $50 more for a US-Made computer.
minimum wage jobs. still good though. teenagers need better options than fast food. working the line is a step up.
And United States companies will profit. Who will build the facility?
Who will be providing security?
Who will be providing the food services?
Who will be providing the electricity?
Who will be providing them with their automobiles?
Who will be providing employees with healthcare?
Who will be providing employes with health insurance?
Maybe, but an interesting point to bring up in an Apple forum. There are $300 notebooks, but we pay $1000 for a MBA. There are $400 D#!!! desktops, but we buy $1500 iMacs. There are MUCH cheaper alternatives to all Apple products. So, you're already paying a premium for a better product, and obviously you rationalize it certain ways. Rationalizing a 3% increase ($50 more for a $1500+ iMac) isn't that big of a leap.Would you...really?
People like to wave their little flag and talk about 'made in America', but 99.9% of consumers are solely driven by the absolute lowest price they can get.
I bet if there was an iMac that was $50 more that was made in the USA and one next to it that was assembled in China, people would push each other out of the way to get the cheaper model.
Not saying it's right...but that's how people are wired....
American workers can't compete with Asians.
Your McDonalds and other diet related junk makes your fingers too stubby for proper quality control. Lol.
It might work for a while. Then unions will come in an destroy it and they will go back overseas.
Some people dream of robots doing all the work.
Well what will happen to the people who used to do those jobs?
So a few people at the top get to rake in $billions and the rest of us "can eat cake"?
Jobs!
Question remains: where are the current "Made in USA" iMacs being made?
Assembled*, Parts are still made in China.
Really? There's far less room for advancement in production lines than in fast foot restaurants.
American workers can't compete with Asians.
Your McDonalds and other diet related junk makes your fingers too stubby for proper quality control. Lol.
Seriously. Bad move. Not good for quality or price of production.
You have to take Into
Consideration that apple is a premium priced product. In the uk priced have risen £100.
Why should I foot the bill so that some self
Entitled Americans can get work not on their merit but on the nation they were born.
I hope this is rescinded or it brings the downfall of apple.
Question remains: where are the current "Made in USA" iMacs being made?
"but the company (Apple) faces major challenges if it wishes to bring operations on the scale of iPhone production to the United States."
Opportunity is what you give yourself with vision.
Apple faces limits until the day when component integration & miniaturization and robotics allow a nearly totally robotic assembled iPhone. Once that day comes, which I predict is only years away, Apple can put factories anywhere the market is located.
They could easily have factories in Asia, EU, US & South America. Geographic dispersal also assures Apple that earthquake, typhoon, revolution or fire doesn't shut down an entire product line.
It is real and it will come.
Unions won't have to come in if the company treats it's people well.
Most workers don't want the hassle of dealing with union rules and fees. However if the employer treats it's people unfairly, then a good, strong union may be needed to secure bargaining rights for workers. Individual workers can't deal with the powerful, wealthy people at the top of corrupt businesses.
I hope prices on their products don't rise.