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Mac mini will be made at a new facility in Houston

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Re: Mac mini will be made at a new facility in Houston

#11

Why does the video show them assembling rackmount servers and not the Mac Mini? Is that assembly really in the US? Asking because the woman in the first shot appeared to have Chinese letters on the left side of her uniform.

> “We began shipping advanced AI servers from Houston ahead of schedule, and we’re excited to accelerate that work even further.”

Re: Mac mini will be made at a new facility in Houston

#12

Why does the video show them assembling rackmount servers and not the Mac Mini? Is that assembly really in the US? Asking because the woman in the first shot appeared to have Chinese letters on the left side of her uniform.

In the second paragraph it says they’re producing advanced AI servers.

Re: Mac mini will be made at a new facility in Houston

#13

Why does the video show them assembling rackmount servers and not the Mac Mini? Is that assembly really in the US? Asking because the woman in the first shot appeared to have Chinese letters on the left side of her uniform.

It's in the post: "In Houston, workers assemble advanced AI servers, including logic boards produced onsite, which are then used in Apple data centers in the U.S."

Re: Mac mini will be made at a new facility in Houston

#15

Apple ramping up Mac mini production in Houston to meet demand for Clawbots is wild. When were Mac minis a hot commodity before three weeks ago?

This is not for Clawdbot, this is a re-run of the 2019 strategy where Apple promises to manufacture a low volume of high-margin PC enclosures on US soil.

Re: Mac mini will be made at a new facility in Houston

#16

They have been saying this since almost a decade.

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.

Sure, they pledged 100B under Biden and 200 under trump..to produce a bunch of Mac minis.

Re: Mac mini will be made at a new facility in Houston

#17

Apple ramping up Mac mini production in Houston to meet demand for Clawbots is wild. When were Mac minis a hot commodity before three weeks ago?

> to meet demand for Clawbots is wild

This is not in response to OpenClaw. It takes a long time to plan a new manufacturing facility.

The Mac Mini is a natural place to start training at a new facility because it's their simplest product.

Mac Minis are also around 1% of Apple's device sales. Even with an OpenClaw-inspired burst of sales, it's still a small part of their volume.

Re: Mac mini will be made at a new facility in Houston

#19

Apple ramping up Mac mini production in Houston to meet demand for Clawbots is wild. When were Mac minis a hot commodity before three weeks ago?

This is not for Clawdbot, this is a re-run of the 2019 strategy where Apple promises to manufacture a low volume of high-margin PC enclosures on US soil.

They mention Mac mini! They have like 3 other desktop lines going, and they mentioned the mini!

Also: "In Houston, workers assemble advanced AI servers, including logic boards produced onsite, which are then used in Apple data centers in the U.S."

Advanced AI servers!

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