@bastetfurry @janet_catcus @frameworkcomputer not to mention whilst tooling up for reinforced plastic is more expensive than CNC'ing aluminium or get that sheetmetal-pressed, the cost per unit goes down way easier as said plastic parts are less abrasive to tools and one set of shells can be used to injection-mould several thousand cases at a higher speed, reducing tge time and space needed per unit.

• Also mind you the replacement parts prices will OFC be higher than the cost of manufacturing, cuz every "FRU" or "CRU" on it's own generates a new SKU to inventory and manage, whereas just combining multiples to make a "#Framework12" unit is not adding much.

OFC I do expect this thing, which is basically a modern spin on the "#IntelClassmate" #Laptop to not have extreme high-end and be designed with a specific price point in mind.

• Propably do a rubbery keyboard and better ingress protection to make it more viable for handibg out to schoolchildren.

Add to it that Framework isn't #Quanta, #Clevo or #Foxconn and we ain't talking #MacBook margins, but given they didn't release specs nor MSRP but are eager to get #bulk orders from #education customers, that seems the trajectory they're going.

• Shurely they could easy do a "€299" offering with an N100, 128GB NVMe & 8GB RAM if one were to order like 10.000 and pay upfront, but I do expect them to rather go with like a N300 instead so these devices ain't dead slow and can survive 6 years of 8x5 use in an elementary/middle school setting.

@Ehay2k @dbc3

Very true.

First #Trump #Foxconn failure:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/21/foxconn-mostly-abandons-10-billion-wisconsin-project-touted-by-trump.html

#Apple said on Monday it will work w/ #Foxconn, formally known as Hon Hai Precision Industry, to build a 250k-square-foot facility in Houston, where it will assemble servers that go into data centers to power #AppleIntelligence, its suite of #AI features that help draft emails & perform other tasks. Those servers are currently made outside of the US, Apple said.

Japan alone has >1,300 companies operating in #Mexico, with >½ of them in the #manufacturing sector. Some are #automotive suppliers who shifted production from #China during #Trump’s first term, when he started a trade war w/Beijing. In Nov, #Japan’s #Toyota said it would invest another $1.45B in its 2 Mexico plants.
More factories are on the way. In Oct, the #Taiwan #electronics giant #Foxconn announced plans to build a mega-factory in Mexico to produce #Nvidia chips.

@GottaLaff Scott Walker, Robin Vos, and Trump put the con in Foxconn. #foxconn

The #Foxconn facility was to have dozens of bldgs on a giant plot of land 3X the size of NY’s Central Park. But the project accomplished little more than the #destruction of 100 local #homes & #farms before the co drastically scaled back plans.

In Sept 2020, #Wisconsin state ofcls denied the Taiwanese co special #tax credits, saying it had abandoned its original commitment, employed <520 people & spent just $300M. Local #taxpayers were left w/a tab of >$500M for site prep.

Wielding a golden shovel, #Trump touted the #Foxconn flat-panel display factory as evidence of a broad #manufacturing revival stirred by his 2017 TaxCut [which rewarded the #wealthy & #corporations] & #tariffs on imported steel. “You know, 18 months ago this was a field, & now it’s one of the most advanced places of any kind you’ll see anywhere in the world. It’s incredible,” Trump crowed.

…the appearance [is] part of #Biden’s “Investing in #America” strategy, …drawing a sharp contrast w/ #Trump, who spent Tues posting angry msgs on social media about his #criminal trial for falsifying business records to conceal #HushMoney payments to adult-film actress #StormyDaniels.

In 2018, when #Foxconn, at Trump’s urging, announced plans to create 13k good-paying #jobs in #Wisconsin, he celebrated the company’s $10B venture outside Racine as the “8th Wonder of the World.”

#POTUS will appear in #Racine, #Wisconsin at the site of the ill-fated #Foxconn manufacturing campus, to announce Microsoft’s $3.3B investment in an #AI data center…. The investment is expected to create 2k permanent #jobs & 2.3k temp #union #construction jobs, & #Microsoft will also invest in #workforce #training programs in the state.