I am in the camp that it is a product like the Mac Pro. A product which has a large number of user customizations combined with low sales volumes that effectively removes it from common mass production methods.
Oh I am quite sure you can bound up the chassis, power supply, and perhaps the main board, and ship it off for final assembly here and still be labeled as made here.
Yeah, Mac Pro is ideal for this. It has low enough sales volumes that Apple could even make it in Cupertino.
I wonder if having a high end American made machine would win them specific contracts (vs other vendors, or vs a Chinese made iMac) -- either Buy American or security considerations.
I'd be happy paying 5-10% premium on the Mac Pro for US production from the motherboard up. I trust Intel. Knowing the provenance of the other chips would be nice too.
Oh I am quite sure you can bound up the chassis, power supply, and perhaps the main board, and ship it off for final assembly here and still be labeled as made here.