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jbaustian said:

slow n easy said:

entropys said:

It is probably about time Apple accepted a tad lower margin in order to produce in countries that aren’t fascist.

They are not Fascist, they are Communist. Fascism is Right-Wing and Communism is Left Wing. The two are polar opposites.

In nearly every respect they are identical.

No not really. The Taliban are an example of a far-right fascist regime which has a very different belief structure from Communism. But what extremism any any form always shares is totalitarianism, which is why they appear to be similar until you dig down into the core tenants of each ideology.

slow n easy said:

entropys said:

It is probably about time Apple accepted a tad lower margin in order to produce in countries that aren’t fascist.

They are not Fascist, they are Communist. Fascism is Right-Wing and Communism is Left Wing. The two are polar opposites.

No, he's correct. China has moved to the right as an Authoritarian Capitalist state which is considered fascist. The reason is simply, Communism rejects Capitalism, free markets, stock markets and private ownership; all things that China has embraced. Look up Marxism and you'll see that the rejection of Capitalism is its core tenant. That said, fascism and nazism are not exactly the same, since nazism includes theories like racial superiority, eugenics and the occult.

Authoritarian capitalism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarian_capitalism

"Authoritarian capitalism, or illiberal capitalism, is an economic system in which a capitalist market economy exists alongside an authoritarian government. Related to and overlapping with state capitalism, a system in which the state undertakes commercial activity, authoritarian capitalism combines private property and the functioning of market forces with repression of dissent, restrictions on freedom of speech and either a lack of elections or an electoral system with a single dominant political party.

Countries commonly referred to as being authoritarian capitalist states include China since the economic reforms, Hungary under Viktor Orbán, Russia under Vladimir Putin, as well as fascist regimes and military dictatorships during the Cold War. Nazi Germany has also been described as authoritarian capitalist, especially for its privatization policy in the 1930s."

mpantone said:

blastdoor said:

The M2 in the MBA gets a single core score of 1899, so these results seem ballpark reasonable to me -- within the range of testing reliability. 

This makes zero sense. The two scores are nearly identical.

You’re assuming that’s the only improvement. The ability to host more RAM, energy efficiency and increased graphics power are three possible improvements that will have a significant impact. What if the graphics power is dramatically improved? This is where I expect to see a significant jump.

Where is the Mac Pro? What chip will it use? Graphics? Memory? Slots? This is the real mystery.

blastdoor said:

It doesn’t matter how great apple’s designs are if they can’t manufacture them. 

Time to take diversification away from China into account at the design stage. “But can we build it in Mexico?” should be asked about every new design from now on.

I agree. If we need cheaper places to offshore then why not green our own backyard? After NAFTA passed net immgration with Mexico dropped to zero where it remains today. Immgration Central America could be the same if we began to focus on North and Central America for all of our resources, instead of China. Won't need a WALL if these countries were doing better economical and it would buffer our defense, manufacturing and natural resource pool.