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To: Swordmaker

I was pointing the finger at Lenovo, HP, Dell and Acer (among others non-Apple), who are rarely chastised although far guiltier than anything Apple is accused of. Anyway, I’m thinking of getting a new iMac (my main machines are a MacMini and Macbook). They’re stated as Assembled in the USA, with a lot of US components. From a cursory search I’m only seeing news articles from 2012 on that. Any idea of how much iMac content is US as of now? Not that it matters, just curious.


13 posted on 01/12/2015 8:28:59 PM PST by roadcat
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To: roadcat
I was pointing the finger at Lenovo, HP, Dell and Acer (among others non-Apple), who are rarely chastised although far guiltier than anything Apple is accused of. Anyway, I’m thinking of getting a new iMac (my main machines are a MacMini and Macbook). They’re stated as Assembled in the USA, with a lot of US components. From a cursory search I’m only seeing news articles from 2012 on that. Any idea of how much iMac content is US as of now? Not that it matters, just curious.

i knew what you were doing. . . i was supporting your effort. As to the latest iMacs and Mac mini USA content percentage? I don't know. i haven't seen a box lately. in 2012, they said "Assembled in the USA" which under FTC rules required that better than 90% of the components be manufactured in the USA. . . and the final assembly must be 100% finished in the USA. No computer can be listed as "Manufactured in the USA" as there are zero components that are manufactured completely in the USA. . . as not all of the raw materials even are mined in the USA or even exist here.

14 posted on 01/12/2015 9:04:05 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
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