Electronics in HK are expensive as hell , way more expensive than North America 30 %. Is it literally that much different in price when you just take the subway out of HK and into Shenzen , step out and buy your electronics at another spot ? <| sep |> Holy shit , that ' s fucking cute . I want to cuddle them . <| sep |> Need to pick 2 , PPR 1 . 0 Forte v NEMiller v SD Fat Rob DALDoug Martin SEA Jstew OAK <| sep |> Thing is , the manufacturing of Macs can largely if not almost entirely be automated . Sure , you need to hire a few people to manage and effectively keep an eye on the automation but it ' ll largely behave itself without much outside input . Keep in mind that many roles that human workers are doing in the factories in China likely could be easily automated it just isn ' t because when you ' re paying workers $ 20 mo it ' s cheaper to just hire them . On the other hand , if you ' re paying workers in the US , you can legitimately build and buy robots for less than their annual salary . Now include the fact that machines don ' t get tired , need to take breaks or stop working beyond short maintenance windows , and it ' s hard to justify human labour .