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Apple can't kepe up with demand? Welcome to the world of computing Apple? Since the Mac only sold 122M in 28 years, Apple had no idea how to deal with a product that would ever reach a huge demand status because they had no experience for 28 full years with the Mac. Even with Foxconn dedicating 3 huge factories with 250,000 employees, they still can't produce enough.

Imagine if those same 250,000 workers were here in the USA and Apple had to pay them 11.00 per hr vs $17 per day. You think Apple would have receord profits?

Anyway good to see you're doing well. You've come along way from 1997.

This post has been edited by QUADICON: 25 April 2012 - 06:22 AM

QUADICON, on 25 April 2012 - 06:20 AM, said:

Talk about grasping at straws; you are nonsensically trying to create an argument where none exists. Your jealousy of Apple is so transparent.

Btw, not being able to get something right away creates even more desire... like playing hard-to-get in relationships ;-)

This post has been edited by artzy65: 25 April 2012 - 07:30 AM

QUADICON, on 25 April 2012 - 06:20 AM, said:

Apple's track record (at least under Tim Cook) with supply chain has been nothing short of amazing. While it's easy for armchair quarterback's like yourself to make comments like this, it's also clear that you don't appreciate how difficult that job is. Assuming you were gifted enough to accurately predict future sales, you'd still have the burden of trying to line up suppliers to meet your needs. Given the number of units Apple is moving per quarter, that's no trivial task.

Yes, manufacturing would cost more if it were done in the USA. However, that's not their biggest issue. Nearly all of the components needed to build such devices exist in the same place. The logistics of getting the supplies you need on a timely basis and the flexibility to make changes would simply not exist in the US. That's not to mention the issue of unions. In Jobs biography, he also mention to Obama the problem that a factory with 300,000 workers requires 30,000 engineers. The talent pool doesn't exist in the US on that scale either.

Finally, yes, Apple has come a long way since 1997. It's amazing what can happen when companies focus on making great products instead of just making money.