Posts by melgross

Quote:Originally Posted by macxpress We also don't know what the new Mac Pros will look like. Will it be smaller/larger? Less integrated? Will it even be made out of aluminum? Nothing is simple, simple...of course not. Were also...

Quote:Originally Posted by anonymouse Even if you have seen one, they make it look simple. From the outside. But not from the inside.

Quote:Originally Posted by nht Sure, but pick another product in the Mac lineup that has such low volumes that the ENTIRE production can be done in the US. It isn't the iMac unless Apple expects iMac sales to crater. I don't think...

Quote:Originally Posted by Gatorguy Either this article or another one already mentioned that the existing "made-in-the-USA" Macs are probably a test run. I believe they're also probably being built by Pegatron, based in Fremont,...

Quote:Originally Posted by drblank I can see the MacPro's easily made in the US, since they can probably be done with robots due to the simplicity of the actual case and electronics Having one, I can tell you that the Mac Pro is...

While some of you guys keep talking about the Mac Pro, you need to be reminded that it's iMacs that are coming with the assembled in USA stamps.

Quote:Originally Posted by sr2012 @nht OK, I could be wrong. But something is fishy about Intel and Medfield. Benches are one thing, design wins another, adoption by the major players even another. It looks promising, but in the...

Quote:Originally Posted by nht  There was a period where the Pentium 4 sucked and the Athlon was supreme.  They were pretty much selling every CPU they could make and it was thought that Intel was on the wane.   Then came the Core...

Quote:Originally Posted by sr2012 That's not how Chaebol's roll. They go big no matter what happens, since these massive multinationals by cash flow, turnover etc. move the economies of entire nations. Profit and more rational ROI...

Quote:Originally Posted by nht I would argue if AMD had not gotten hammered by the Core2 they wouldn't have spun off their fabs because they would have needed all of that capacity. You do know that UMC was the #2 foundry behind TSMC...