New Mac Pro Has 'Product of Thailand' Label, Final Assembly Still in USA

[MacRumors]

Apple's new Mac Pro has a "Product of Thailand" label, but final assembly of the desktop computer still takes place in the U.S., according to an FCC filing.

We have been informed that the new Mac Pro is assembled at the same Austin, Texas facility where it has been assembled since 2013, and units distributed to U.S. customers continue to include components designed, developed, and manufactured by more than a dozen American companies. Apple has not indicated why a "Product of Thailand" label was added to the Mac Pro — this fine print does not appear on the previous model.

Fine print on 2023 Mac Pro models sold in the U.S. reads:

Designed by Apple in California. Product of Thailand. Final assembly in the USA.

Fine print on 2019 Mac Pro models sold in the U.S. read:

Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in USA.

All other Macs are fully manufactured and assembled in Asian countries.

The new Mac Pro features the same overall design as the 2019 model, but it has been updated with Apple's custom M2 Ultra chip. The computer can be ordered now, and will begin arriving to customers and launch in stores this Tuesday.

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[Think|Different]

Cool. Just like when the iMac was assembled in Cork.

 

[soulreaver99]

‪Final assembly in USA meaning adding the bottom legs yourself?

 

[MisterAndrew]

It's nice to know they are keeping a few people in the US employed still, even if they're just boxing them up.

 

[Nermal]

I see that Adobe Reader still has that bug where it shows a lowercase L in bold!

 

[JPack]

Same with Mac Studio. If it's destined for the U.S. market, it's assembled in Malaysia. Everybody else in the world gets Macs shipped from China.

 

[CWallace]

Considering it looks like about everything outside of the systemboard and SoC enclosure are the same as on the 2019 model, my guess is that parts of the 2019 model was also sourced from/manufactured in Thailand and Apple is now required to disclose that on the lable.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Does anyone know what label the Apple Mac Pro Wheels Kit has?

 

[no_idea]

‪Final assembly in USA meaning adding the bottom legs yourself?

And charging a flat labor rate of $799 per leg assembly, but the assembler only gets $18 a unit. Gotta keep that gross margin expansion going

 

[JosephAW]

Can't wait until the Intel Mac Pro go on sale for less than $100 in a few years.

Used to buy PowerMac G5 units for $20 maxed out for our in house projects.

 

[klasma]

It's nice to know they are keeping a few people in the US employed still, even if they're just boxing them up.

I believe California is in the US, and they probably also employ the designers. Though they don’t employ Ive anymore, so who knows.

 

[JPack]

Does anyone know what label the Apple Mac Pro Wheels Kit has?

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[MisterAndrew]

I believe California is in the US, and they probably also employ the designers. Though they don’t employ Ive anymore, so who knows.

I mean Flex employees in Texas.

 

[hoodafoo]

Where was the previous Mac Pro made?

 

[jimbobb24]

Can't wait until the Intel Mac Pro go on sale for less than $100 in a few years.

Used to buy PowerMac G5 units for $20 maxed out for our in house projects.

Where?

 

[SSDGUY]

Does anyone know what label the Apple Mac Pro Wheels Kit has?

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At their current price they should be made by elves in a magical land of mystery.

 

[SFjohn]

Does anyone know what label the Apple Mac Pro Wheels Kit has?

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If you order wheels when you order the 2023 Mac Pro, it adds $400 to the price. It would appear the price has come down… 😉

 

[syklee26]

The size of grater is perfect for thai noodles

 

[CWallace]

Where was the previous Mac Pro made?

The 2013 model had their final assembly in the United States due to tax subsidies to make it in Texas. Those expired after the launch of the 2019 model, so production for that either was moved to Taiwan/China or machines intended for the US were still assembled in the US with other country's models being assembled in Taiwan/China. It is a bit fuzzy as the WSJ had an article about production being moved to China, but then there was the photo-op in 2019 at the Texas plant with Cook and President Trump during talks about applying tariffs to Chinese products and Apple and the Administration were said to have worked a deal to exempt Apple from them by expanding US production.

I presume most of the other components came from Taiwan and mainland China, but it is possible the OEM memory DIMMs were sourced from US manufacturers.

 

[klasma]

At their current price they should be made by elves in a magical land of mystery.

Don’t the elves typically work for free?

 

[Corefile]

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700 bucks for a set of wheels. Can you simply take them off an office chair and use them or buy them for a few bucks from an office store? Save yourself big money. Alternatively, can the 700$ wheels be used on an office chair?

 

[klasma]

Alternatively, can the 700$ wheels be used on an office chair?

Yes, but office chairs have five wheels, so you have to buy two sets. (Clever strategy by Apple.)

 

[coolfactor]

Pretty soon they'll have to make devices bigger just to accommodate the labels.

 

[JosephAW]

Where?

You'll have to be patient. Probably 2030

I'm currently using 2012 Mac Mini's that I got for $55 and added my own ram and solid state drive.

 

[Unity451]

Their food is great, why wouldn't they also make great computers? 🤔