Not sure I like this. Maybe this is just a sign of how bad the supply chain really is that Apple has to use them.
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Time for Apple to diversify, start assembling out of China. I know it's a big ask, but we have to.
Google tells me California has the highest sales tax in the US (7.25%). $1,199+7.25%= $1,285. Quite a long way off $1,650.
Remind me to not buy an Air this year....
Not that I could, given the lead times right now!
Not that I could, given the lead times right now!
Including local taxes, Chicago has a 10.25% sales tax. True, in Italy, VAT is 22%.
Oops my bad, wasn't aware of that. Not from the US (obviously).
So the combined state, county and city sales tax for Los Angeles is 9.5%. It does add to the MBA's price, but still nowhere near $1,650.
Sounds like manufacturing is just starting. No release date announced. Assembled by a company with a shady past. What could possibly go wrong?
Adjusted for inflation, that is about $2,500 in today's dollars. Today, $2,500 gets you a BTO 14" MacBook Pro!
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Evening they did, that’s not an overnight action that will just ‘happen’. That could take years to find a supplier that can meet Apples expectations, demands and yields for what they need for production. There’s a lot of logistics that need to follow first in order to diversify in another country.
Let's compare apples to apples for these Apples! It's $1200 before taxes in the US. The VAT in Italy is 22%, which means it's $1311 before taxes in Italy (or maybe less if there are other taxes in addition to VAT).
Apple has no control over how much taxes are.
In Italy’s 1600 are around 350 euros taxes included, so the pricing is not that far off.
...which is over $2,400 in today's dollars. People love to complain about the prices of Macs, but in reality they've plummeted in cost.
Sounds like production hasn’t even started. I can only imagine the potential quality control problems.
It varies drastically by location, a few places it’s zero, and others it’s around 10%, and pretty much everything in between.