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  • A Mac mini can be made portable for about three times the cost of a MacBook Air

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    Most libraries have a 3d printer you can rent for the cost of the filament. He also made a version for smaller printers.

    The original Mac Mini portable he did, was made with the admission that this is just a design experiment, and so is this. But alot of people are interested in this and similar solutions. And I believe Apple will need to go down this route eventually as-well. The maker space is the future.  
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  • Trade war escalations between Trump and China to significantly impact Apple

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    The uncertainty is disastrous. Ukraine war caused the previous administration to start down the route of forcing tech companies to get out of China, and they started the chips act that has been widely thrown around for bringing TSMC fabs to US. This along with pandemic forced Apple to invest heavily outside China, in India etc.

    Now Trump is in the kitchen and making a much deeper mess...

    I guess Apple has to start fabs in the US, but the problem is that there are not enough educated engineers/people in the US to do it. The Mac Pro had a seriously arduous process to get going in the US, but they did it.

    TSMC says they have to bring people from Taiwan to US to make the fabs run.

    You need to invest in education and engineering, I have no doubt America can do it, but it is not something you can start from 0 to 100 instantly.



    Imho Apple should go a different route, they should invest heavily in 3d Printing and go after the IKEA method(but Apple quality). If Apple makes the Apple store an assembly store and start selling Apple 3d printers, they can circumvent alot of the trouble AND build up domestic manufacturing in one swell swoop. AND also tend to the admins wishes of things getting made domestically.

    Invest in the maker movement and repair movement, it makes sense. This also gives the AVP a reason to exist, as it becomes the best assembly/instruction manual you could ever want.

    If this forces Apple to re-think their business model to 3d-printing and propping up the maker movement, then this whole mess could accidentally be a good thing. Think Apple made 3d-Printers that can make functional products. Possibly good for environment, possibly good for Apple. Possibly a win for customers.
     
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