The damn thing isnt even fabricated over here. But Apple tosses you a PR crumb and you roll with it. WOW! I can't believe in your bile, hate, and rush to attempt to discredit me you stoop so low as to have said that. Do you prefer to lie, or does it just come naturally? Is it your first inclination? Do you just automatically believe anything Apple claims is untrue? If se, VanDeKoik, your Apple Derangement Syndrome (ADS) is showing. You seem to be foaming at the mouth.
Let's see just how truthful your claim "The damn thing isnt even fabricated over here. . ." is, shall we?
Well, let's see. Here's some photos germane to the issue:
Tim Cook seems to think its manufactured in Austin, Texas.
"Assembled in USA" is laser engraved on the Apple MacPro
Here's a YouTube of the entire process. . .
Wow! Did you notice all the Chinese workers. . . Oh, wait. . . they're not Chinese, they're Texans! Oops! So much for the VanDeKoik claim!
The MacPro IS fabricated in Austin, Texas, USA, yet you baldly claim "The damn thing isnt even fabricated over here. But Apple tosses you a PR crumb and you roll with it." You obviously make it up as you go. . . and think Freepers will give you a pass? That's a Democrat/Liberal/Alinsky technique.
By-the-way, the MacPro is not the only Apple computer being made quietly in the USA. 9-to-5-Mac found that Apple had started shipping iMacs with these markings last year:
Note where the computer was made.
Stop trying to create your own facts! Game, Set, Match! You lose, VanDeKoik.
“Stop trying to create your own facts! Game, Set, Match! You lose, VanDeKoik.”
Your little endzone dance was a bit premature but typical.
I was ready to give you a win here but the images specifically do not say “Made in USA”. In order to say “Made in USA” the product must be “all or virtually all” made in the USA.
“All or virtually all means that all significant parts and processing that go into the product must be of U.S. origin. That is, the product should contain no — or negligible — foreign content. The policy goes on to clarify that a ‘product that is all or virtually all made in the United States will ordinarily be one in which all significant parts and processing that go into the product are of U.S. origin.”
Made in USA vs Assembled in USA
http://nationalstandardparts.com/documents/AssembledvsMadeinUSA.pdf
Apple is saying that the MacPro is “manufactured” in Austin yet the image you posted simply says “Assembled in USA.” The iMac pic is from an October 2012 model and has the same wording.
“In regards to the production of the American made Mac Pro, Tim cook has been quoted as saying ‘The product will be assembled in Texas, include components made in Illinois and Florida, and rely on equipment produced in Kentucky and Michigan.’”
Computers Made in The USA
http://www.computersmadeinusa.com/
The fact is, there is no way of telling how much of either product is actually made in USA and Apple isn’t even claiming that the iMac is manufactured here.
“In the case of Apple’s new iMacs, no one outside of Apple really knows what that might be, and iFixit’s teardown isn’t particularly illuminating. It might be putting together the individual components of Apple’s new Fusion Drives; it might be the gluing and bonding process for the iMac displays (which, likely, is more involved than “screwdriver” assembly); or it might be those vibration-suppressing gaskets on the hard drives. It might be all those and more – nobody knows.”
Does ‘Assembled in USA’ mean anything for Apple?
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/does-assembled-in-usa-mean-anything-for-apple/#ixzz30merAuV3
It’s just more of your trademarked hairsplitting. You haven’t proven that any of Apple products are able to claim that they are made in USA, manufactured in the USA or fabricated in the USA by the FTC standards, just that some of the components are assembled here.
“’A product that includes foreign components may be called “Assembled in USA” without qualification when its principal assembly takes place in the U.S. and the assembly is substantial. For the ‘assembly’ claim to be valid, the product’s last ‘substantial transformation’ also should have occurred in the U.S.’
Example: A lawn mower, composed of all domestic parts except for the cable sheathing, flywheel, wheel rims and air filter (15 to 20 percent foreign content) is assembled in the U.S. An “Assembled in USA” claim is appropriate.
Example: All the major components of a computer, including the motherboard and hard drive, are imported. The computer’s components then are put together in a simple “screwdriver” operation in the U.S., are not substantially transformed under the Customs Standard, and must be marked with a foreign country of origin. An “Assembled in U.S.” claim without further qualification is deceptive.”
Made in USA vs Assembled in USA
http://nationalstandardparts.com/documents/AssembledvsMadeinUSA.pdf
Apple Lexicon
Assembled in USA: 100% really and honest-to-Steve pretty much, um, assembled in USA. Squirrel!
from The Apple Lexicon (™) Interpreting Apple Theology Since 1994