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Macintosh Factory

MacGeneration · documentary · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

A video tour of Apple's highly automated Macintosh factory in Fremont, California, where the Mac SE and Macintosh II were built.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Used as the visual reference for Apple's earlier US manufacturing and automation, often as an example of factory automation lessons.

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  • first 2016, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “Here’s a video tour of the Macintosh factory that used to be in Fremont, CA”

    Video tour of the old Macintosh factory in Fremont.

    mietek, 2018-12 · Recommendation · in “Apple Computers Used to Be Built in the U.S. It Was a Mess”

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Topics: apple, fremont, manufacturing, automation, vintage macintosh

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