Report: Apple to Move Mac Mini Production to United States
Will the 2013 Mac minis be made in the USA?
A few weeks back, Apple's Tim Cook made headlines when he talked about making Macs in the United States. Traditionally put together in China, where labor is cheap, a select number of people that purchased a 2012 iMac were surprised to see their computer had been 'Assembled in the USA.' Tim Cook later confirmed that yes, Apple did have plans to manufacture one of its lines in the U.S. in 2013.
At the time, we assumed it was the iMac. After all, iMacs toting 'Assembled in the USA' stamps were already appearing at customers' doors. However, Digitimes this week reports that it's not the iMac that will be made in the USA next year. The publication cites sources from the upstream supply chain that say Apple is set to move its Mac mini production lines back to the U.S. Despite the new location, it seems Apple will be sticking with a manufacturer that it knows. According to Digitimes sources, Foxconn will be the company manufacturing these Mac minis. Digitimes reports that Foxconn will start recruiting workers for its new automated production lines in 2013.
What's not mentioned is which of Foxconn's 15 U.S. operating bases will be churning out these Mac minis. Regardless, the fact that the computers are being made in the USA is likely to give Apple reputation a bit of boost.

What's funny, remember when IBM invented the hard drive, and they were all manufactured in the US to start with? What has happened since then?
Remember that funny invention the transistor, made in the US. What has happened since then?
So yeah, it will be hard to bring alot of manufacturing back to the US, but why did it leave in the first place? Corporate greed, I'de suspect. Problem is, the offshoring of manufacturing is part of the death spiral for our economy, and it may bee too late already.
FYI, this Foxconn's not Apple's move. Anyway, is HP already doing this as all of its sold US servers made here in US?
Jokes aside, it's a baby step in the right direction. Always good to to keep jobs here.
When the product is mostly sold here, and it becomes expensive to import to where the sales are, then you simply start manufacturing the product where it sells. Simple math, nothing more or less than that.
I wonder if this will give displaced auto workers a line to work on? And I also wonder what the suicide rate will look like when unions are unable to get a foot-hold in foxconn.
"Made in America" is only good for the country if it brings good medium to high paying jobs to America. Bringing low paid jobs to America, while corporate profits get shipped over seas is not exactly the 'progress' we are looking for.
About every simulation about different government types have ended up with the conclusion that a ultra capitalistic society where there arent strong anti greed laws always end up dead in the water with a handful of ultra rich who owns 90%+ and the rest living in misery. Its due to a flaw in the human nature - greed where some have the need to stockpile wealth well beyond what can be consumed in generations ahead.
Then make a forum thread in the appropriate section dude.