Posts by techno

Another Apple killer bites the dust!

Quote: Originally Posted by milkmage where in the United States are you going to find people working for the US equivalent of the Chinese wage? The cost of living (especially in CA) is so high that you simply cannot afford to live here...

Quote: Originally Posted by Robin Huber Instead of thinking in terms of closing down Foxconn and moving all Apple manufacture from China to the U.S., how about baby steps? 1) A new, yet to be announced (or even thought about) product...

Quote: Originally Posted by zoetmb While I agree that it would be great to produce Apple product in the U.S., as they originally did (in California), there's no way that could happen without a substantial increase in retail...

Quote: Originally Posted by Atanner It may or may not be good PR for Apple to produce products in the US. More than half of their products are sold outside the US. The non US markets are Apple's fastest growing. The United States is...

Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody I am by no means an expert on this topic, but I'm fairly certain that it's not just the wages. The way the Chinese economy is set up, it would be cheaper by far to do an automated factory in...

Quote: Originally Posted by roos24 the only place that apple should produce its products is here, at home in the usa. Enough already with sending labor overseas and 10% unemployment here, while letting wall street tell us how well...

I don't know the economics of this, but wouldn't it be nice if Apple actually manufactured it's products in California and a few other states? I am sure Californians could use it these days. And why not Kentucky? I would love to track my...

Quote: Originally Posted by Zuriel Seriously, I could have went down the street to the dollar store and gotten any Beatles album... Clever quip, but I highly doubt it. Even if so, so what? It was not billed as a huge announcement....

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