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They have been saying this since almost a decade.

buzzerbetrayed 8mo ago
They’re literally opening a new 20,000 square foot facility I Houston. So I’m not sure what your comment implies, but it takes time to build things like that.
- epolanski 8mo ago
  Sure, they pledged 100B under Biden and 200 under trump..to produce a bunch of Mac minis.
  - NetMageSCW 8mo ago
    Did you read the Press Release?
    - epolanski 8mo ago
      Yes
- iamtheworstdev 8mo ago
  i guess he's wondering if they finally managed to secure a domestic screw producer or they're if importing them from China?
  - adolph 8mo ago
    Houston is a net exporter of screw [0]. But in seriousness, Houston has domestic production of fasteners etc for oil and gas as well as NASA. 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Screw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Screw
    - stevehawk 8mo ago
      it's a reference to the last time Apple tried this in Austin, their production was throttled due to the inability of their screw supplier to meet demand. https://mashable.com/article/apple-mac-pro-screw https://mashable.com/article/apple-mac-pro-screw
newsclues 8mo ago
They have made some machines in the us, like the Mac Pro https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/09/apples-new-mac-pro-to-be-made-in-texas/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/09/apples-new-mac-pro-to...
alwillis 8mo ago
Apple will spend more than $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years — https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/02/apple-will-spend-more-than-500-billion-usd-in-the-us-over-the-next-four-years/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/02/apple-will-spend-more... Apple Manufacturing Academy opens in Detroit on August 19 — https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/07/apple-manufacturing-academy-opens-in-detroit-on-august-19/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/07/apple-manufacturing-a... Private Cloud Compute: A new frontier for AI privacy in the cloud — https://security.apple.com/blog/private-cloud-compute/ https://security.apple.com/blog/private-cloud-compute/

They’re literally opening a new 20,000 square foot facility I Houston. So I’m not sure what your comment implies, but it takes time to build things like that.

epolanski 8mo ago
Sure, they pledged 100B under Biden and 200 under trump..to produce a bunch of Mac minis.
- NetMageSCW 8mo ago
  Did you read the Press Release?
  - epolanski 8mo ago
    Yes
iamtheworstdev 8mo ago
i guess he's wondering if they finally managed to secure a domestic screw producer or they're if importing them from China?
- adolph 8mo ago
  Houston is a net exporter of screw [0]. But in seriousness, Houston has domestic production of fasteners etc for oil and gas as well as NASA. 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Screw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Screw
  - stevehawk 8mo ago
    it's a reference to the last time Apple tried this in Austin, their production was throttled due to the inability of their screw supplier to meet demand. https://mashable.com/article/apple-mac-pro-screw https://mashable.com/article/apple-mac-pro-screw

newsclues 8mo ago

They have made some machines in the us, like the Mac Pro https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/09/apples-new-mac-pro-to-be-made-in-texas/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/09/apples-new-mac-pro-to...

alwillis 8mo ago

Apple will spend more than $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years — https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/02/apple-will-spend-more-than-500-billion-usd-in-the-us-over-the-next-four-years/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/02/apple-will-spend-more... Apple Manufacturing Academy opens in Detroit on August 19 — https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/07/apple-manufacturing-academy-opens-in-detroit-on-august-19/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/07/apple-manufacturing-a... Private Cloud Compute: A new frontier for AI privacy in the cloud — https://security.apple.com/blog/private-cloud-compute/ https://security.apple.com/blog/private-cloud-compute/