New Mac Pro Deliveries Begin, European Orders 'Assembled in China'

[MacRumors]

Apple's new Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR became available to order last week and, on schedule, the first deliveries to customers have begun. The photos below were shared by MacRumors forum member K. Johansen from Oregon.

As suspected, it appears the new Mac Pro is only assembled in Texas for orders placed in the United States, Canada, and other countries in the Americas. French blog MacGeneration has confirmed that a new Mac Pro delivered to a customer in France today has fine print indicating it was assembled in China.

The new Mac Pro starts at $5,999, while the Pro Display XDR retails for $4,999.

Article Link: New Mac Pro Deliveries Begin, European Orders 'Assembled in China'

 

[thadoggfather]

lol!!

pretty frigging lame but not surprising

 

[NachoGrande]

11k for a base computer... yikes..

 

[tevion5]

Shame assembly for Europe was not done in Cork, Ireland. Many of my older Macs were assembled there from my Power Macintosh 8600 to G5 Quad.

Even custom spec iMacs were assembled there until very recently (or still are?) so sad to see they couldn't make better use of the Cork plant here.

 

[thadoggfather]

^ Cork, Ireland is just a tax haven and a place to say where silicone cases are made.

 

[mlamb64150]

Interesting that a product assembled in and shipped from China, costs a UK buyer £2,000 more for the base Mac Pro and XDR Display (with stand) than it does for a US customer.

#Robbed

 

[Rudy69]

Interesting that a product assembled in and shipped from China, costs a UK buyer £2,000 more for the base Mac Pro and XDR Display (with stand) than it does for a US customer.

#Robbed

More likely it's a tax thing. In the US taxes are added after

 

[tevion5]

^ Cork, Ireland is just a tax haven and a place to say where silicone cases are made.

Hard to disagree when they waste a great opportunity to make more use of facility like this.

 

[H. Flower]

Tim Cook dog and pony show to avoid paying taxes.

 

[Toratek]

11k for a base computer... yikes..

you’ve obviously never used a professional workstation. My first was a Silicon Graphics Indigo system, circa 1995, costing $45,000 in 1995 dollars. $75k equivalent today.

 

[nvmls]

Nice, Timmy does it again, no wonder stockholders love him.

 

[citysnaps]

11k for a base computer... yikes..

No need to exaggerate. The base MacPro is $5,599.00. Edit: $5,999.00
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Tim Cook dog and pony show to avoid paying taxes.

With respect to this MacPro story, how are taxes avoided/not being paid?

 

[Mr. Awesome]

11k for a base computer... yikes..

The base model is not $11k, actually. Plus, for the people this machine is targeted at, it’s actually not as outrageous as everyone says it is. It’s cheaper than some other computers with similar specs, and the build quality and performance are awesome. I wish people would stop complaining about the price, because for people who need this Mac, it’s not bad.

 

[confessJason]

11k for a base computer... yikes..

And this so-called “pro” computer can’t even play RE2 remake or RDR2. Can’t even use it to stream my Twitch show. My gaming rig DESTROYS this pathetic excuse for a computer.

 

[trekkie604]

And this so-called “pro” computer can’t even play RE2 remake or RDR2. Can’t even use it to stream my Twitch show. My gaming rig DESTROYS this pathetic excuse for a computer.

gamers are obviously not the target market.

 

[H. Flower]

No need to exaggerate. The base MacPro is $5,599.00.
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With respect to this MacPro story, how are taxes avoided/not being paid?

making ONLY their lowest selling item in USA (and apparently only ones being shipped in USA), the rest of their product line in China. Tim Cook invites president to tour USA facility as if it hasn’t existed prior to the presidents tariff initiative.... to win favor.

 

[Eorlas]

Interesting that a product assembled in and shipped from China, costs a UK buyer £2,000 more for the base Mac Pro and XDR Display (with stand) than it does for a US customer.

#Robbed

Guessing it would have been more expensive for Apple to ship the USA builds to the UK.

11k for a base computer... yikes..

https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-pro/tower#

clearly shows a 5999 starting point.

 

[DogHouseDub]

Hey! When did they announce the rack-mountable Pro?

 

[indiekiduk]

Which country's model will be better made?

 

[Mr. Awesome]

Hey! When did they announce the rack-mountable Pro?

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They actually talked about it for a brief moment during the keynote.

 

[citysnaps]

making ONLY their lowest selling item in USA (and apparently only ones being shipped in USA), the rest of their product line in China. Tim Cook invites president to tour USA facility as if it hasn’t existed prior to the presidents tariff initiative.... to win favor.

Again, the question was how is Apple engaging in tax avoidance by having some MacPros assembled in the United States?

Also... Tim Cook never claimed Apple's US assembly contractor never existed before the new MacPro. That was the current president's claim and lie.

 

[gaximus]

Which country's model will be better made?

My guess is they are both built in China, then some get the case cover(or some other part) removed and shipped to the USA. Then they slap the cover back on, and say "it was assembled in the USA". Car manufactures have been doing this for years.

 

[confessJason]

gamers are obviously not the target market.

For the price of ownership for one of these things, you should be able to game. My gaming PC can do everything this thing can and plus play RDR2, RE2, Demon Souls.

 

[49erRedGold]

Interesting that a product assembled in and shipped from China, costs a UK buyer £2,000 more for the base Mac Pro and XDR Display (with stand) than it does for a US customer.

#Robbed

Prices quoted in the U.S are shown without tax as opposed to quoted prices outside the U.S are shown with VAT included. The U.S still has to pay sales tax.

 

[Blackstick]

11k for a base computer... yikes..

This is fairly typical for high end workstations. Just think... you’re working on a feature film expected to do a $150 million at the box office, first billed actor earning $25M... an editing rig for $15k is a huge steal.