[dennisw]

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:0CqxzlD8j9UJ:www.designchain.com/column.asp%3Fid%3D2%26issue%3Dfall04+%22design+for+manufacturability%22+apple&cd=30&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=safari

Above is a typical google hit (#33 or so) for the search “Design for manufacturability” + apple. Useless for connecting Apple with the design for manufacturability trend/movement

I’m just saying this is a very Asian thing because they are geniuses of the shop floor, setting up actual manufacturing, assembly and quality control. Not just sitting in effin Cupertino where admittedly much of the intellectual work is done

[Swordmaker]

Above is a typical google hit (#33 or so) for the search “Design for manufacturability” + apple. Useless for connecting Apple with the design for manufacturability trend/movement

Dennis, unless you have done exhaustive research of the ~30,500 Google hits for that search, you cannot claim that is "typical" at all. Again, you are making things up.