On Dec. 6, Apple announced that it would begin making some Macs in the U.S., reversing a trend building over several years of manufacturing computers in China and setting an interesting precedent. Apple isn’t alone in this: HP has also begun shifting some of its PC production back to the U.S. of A. Before we start popping French champagne corks, we should think about what this means and why it is important. First off, it has already been widely reported in the last year that demand for PCs and laptops has peaked, while demand for smaller devices like tablets and handhelds is on a hockey-stick curve of its own.
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Bringing Production Home
Posted by: Denis Pombriant December 12, 2012 05:00 AMOn Dec. 6, Apple announced that it would begin making some Macs in the U.S., reversing a trend building over several years of manufacturing computers in China and setting an interesting precedent. Apple isn’t alone in this: HP has also begun shifting some of its PC production back to the U.S. of A. Before we start popping French champagne corks, we should think about what this means and why it is important. First off, it has already been widely reported in the last year that demand for PCs and laptops has peaked, while demand for smaller devices like tablets and handhelds is on a hockey-stick curve of its own.