Apple needs to diversify their supply chain away from China. China has peaked and it's all downhill from here. Not only are their draconian COVID restrictions causing tremendous short term damage, they're also exacerbating the demographic crash that was happening anyway. Nobody wants to get pregnant when they could be locked down in prison-like quarantine. So not only do companies like Apple need to worry about what crazy policies the Chinese government might adapt next (and not just COVID policies -- there's also the potential for censorship, espionage, invading Taiwan, etc), they will also be facing increasing labor shortages in China.
Apple's Board will be guilty of negligence if they don't push management to diversify away from China.
Well, my March 28 order for a 14" MB Pro with 512 GB SSD & 32 GB RAM that was scheduled for delivery April 14th, and then May 14th, just got pushed out to July. This latest delay happened just recently. Now I am reading that the Chinese government is doubling down on their "zero Covid" policy. Given where we are today with Covid, this just doesn't add up. We have multiple effective vaccines, and effective in-hospital therapeutic treatments to deal with Covid. Yet, the Chinese government is treating this like it is March 2020, when we knew nothing about Covid and had nothing with which to fight Covid. Makes you wonder if they are using "zero Covid" as a cover for something else.
Regardless, it is hard to see how any manufacturing plants are functioning at all.
Just received mine today, 64gb / 2tb, scheduled to be delivered end of June. So miracles can happen I guess.
When did you place the order? Were you notified of the accelerated delivery time line? I would love to know that these late June/early July delivery dates are just Apple tacking on 6 more weeks because they are unable to give you a solid estimate of when something leaves the production line. I ordered by MB Pro with 512 GB SSD & 32 GB of RAM in late March. It now shows that early July delivery date after being delayed from April to May.
Well, my March 28 order for a 14" MB Pro with 512 GB SSD & 32 GB RAM that was scheduled for delivery April 14th, and then May 14th, just got pushed out to July. This latest delay happened just recently. Now I am reading that the Chinese government is doubling down on their "zero Covid" policy. Given where we are today with Covid, this just doesn't add up. We have multiple effective vaccines, and effective in-hospital therapeutic treatments to deal with Covid. Yet, the Chinese government is treating this like it is March 2020, when we knew nothing and had nothing with which to fight Covid. Makes you wonder if they are using "zero Covid" as a cover for something else.
Regardless, it is hard to see how any manufacturing plants are functioning at all.
I heard that US government since Trump was blocking China from getting US developed vaccines. China has to rely on its own vaccines. They are not as effective as US.
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Apple's Board will be guilty of negligence if they don't push management to diversify away from China.