Update: Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell says Apple鈥檚 local manufacturing of the Mac Pro means about 800 new jobs.
鈥淚 think it鈥檚 another day in the life of a growing city,鈥� he tells KUT News, 鈥渂ut it鈥檚 a big day in the life of Austin, because as you know, Apple is a premiere company around the world. When they make an important step like this here in our city, that鈥檚 going to be heard around the world to our advantage.鈥�
Apple has already announced it鈥檚 building a $300 million operations center in Northwest Austin. For that project, Apple is receiving a $21 million grant , over $8 million and $6 million .
Original story (11:58 a.m.): Apple鈥檚 new Mac Pro is being manufactured in Austin.
Rumors had abounded that Apple鈥檚 cylindrically-shaped computer was being assembled in Austin: the Austin-American Statesman that contractor Flextronics America had already created nearly 900 jobs to work on a 鈥渘ext generation desktop computer鈥� at its Northwest Austin facility.
This morning, Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted a photo of Mac Pros rolling down an assembly line with the caption, 鈥淲e have begun manufacturing the Mac Pro in Austin.鈥�
We have begun manufacturing the Mac Pro in Austin. It鈥檚 the most powerful Mac ever. Orders start tomorrow.
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook)
鈥淲ith the new Mac Pro, we assemble the entire product and machine several of its high-precision components in the United States,鈥� reads It also cites 鈥渋ndustry-leading companies in Texas, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, and over a dozen other states across America鈥� as manufacturing several of the computer鈥檚 components.
Billed as 鈥渢he most powerful Mac ever,鈥� the , with a more powerful model running $1,000 more.
