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Apple is moving production of its new Mac Pro computer to China, marking the departure of the technology company's only major U.S.-built product, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Apple didn't refute the report in a comment to CBS MoneyWatch. The Cupertino, California-based company is working with contractor Quanta Computer to assemble the desktop computer in a factory near Shanghai, which would help cut shipping costs with Apple's other suppliers in China, the Journal said on Friday.
Flex's Austin factory encountered problems finding enough skilled labor willing to work for minimum wage, according to the Journal. Then, as Mac Pro sales faltered, Flex began laying off workers in Austin, and by last year had a skeleton crew left in Austin, according to a former Flex vice president quoted by the Journal.
For those who don't know, Apple's Mac Pro PC starts at $6,000 and can go as high as $11,000 with all the goodies. That includes a 4K monitor with its $1,000 stand. And no, I didn't add extra zeroes onto the price of the stand. That hunk of aluminum costs $1,000:
https://9to5mac.com/2019/06/05/1000-monitor-stand/
So yeah. A contractor making Apple products can't find people willing to work for minimum wage making a $6,000 computer. Is that somehow surprising?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/apple-moving-production-of-mac-pro-computer-to-china/
Apple didn't refute the report in a comment to CBS MoneyWatch. The Cupertino, California-based company is working with contractor Quanta Computer to assemble the desktop computer in a factory near Shanghai, which would help cut shipping costs with Apple's other suppliers in China, the Journal said on Friday.
Flex's Austin factory encountered problems finding enough skilled labor willing to work for minimum wage, according to the Journal. Then, as Mac Pro sales faltered, Flex began laying off workers in Austin, and by last year had a skeleton crew left in Austin, according to a former Flex vice president quoted by the Journal.
For those who don't know, Apple's Mac Pro PC starts at $6,000 and can go as high as $11,000 with all the goodies. That includes a 4K monitor with its $1,000 stand. And no, I didn't add extra zeroes onto the price of the stand. That hunk of aluminum costs $1,000:
https://9to5mac.com/2019/06/05/1000-monitor-stand/
So yeah. A contractor making Apple products can't find people willing to work for minimum wage making a $6,000 computer. Is that somehow surprising?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/apple-moving-production-of-mac-pro-computer-to-china/
