Filed under: Apple Corporate, Cult of Mac, Odds and ends, Steve Jobs, Apple
Flickr Find: Mac factory circa 1984
Check out this great shot posted by Flickr user wackymac. Apparently it depicts a Mac assembly line from 1984. He writes:
"This is a photo of the original Macintosh factory in Fremont, California. It was the first of its kind for the computer industry, featuring advanced automated technology with a Just-In-Time manufacturing system. It was Steve Jobs' decision to make this kind of factory for the first Macs. This factory was able to produce a 128k Macintosh every 27 seconds."
You know, the current machines are beautiful, but there's just something about the compact Macs that I'll always love.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
http:amateureconblog.blogspot.com said 12:11PM on 3-21-2006
Very cool, thanks! ;-)
I love stuff like that.
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shane said 12:16PM on 3-21-2006
Wow... I would love to have a larger image of that. It would make for an excellent desktop.
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David Schultz said 12:32PM on 3-21-2006
Does anybody know when the last domestic Mac was made? When did offshore production begin and when was it 100% overseas?
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Wry Cooter said 1:51PM on 3-21-2006
I haven't seen the photo set, but I remember lines on the floor perhaps a checkerboard pattern, to guide wee delivery robots, as being part of this operation at the time, from the fledgling Mac magazines then.
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Spymac said 6:24PM on 3-21-2006
Where are the Oompa Loopas?
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