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Originally Posted by kscherer
Oh, I'm not saying they can't buy the tech/experience, just that they don't actually "make" anything. They design stuff; they do not "make" it.
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That's what I'm saying, though. Under Jobs, in the early 2000s, the last Apple manufacturing plants in Elk Grove (California) and Cork (Ireland) were dismantled. I don't see Cook reversing that policy unless there are really good reasons to. Even if the new plant were largely automated and required little labor, I just feel it's not an area they want to compete in. (And, that's kind of good. They seem to be doing more and more things and losing focus.)