Nope, I'm not confusing them at all. I should have been clearer though, I was referring to the hardware inside.
Apple does the industrial design, and then solicits RFP's to get the system board. The laptop OEM builds the motherboards and all that, and I'm guessing that they deliver the internals to Apple, rather than fully-assembled machines, so that they do the final integration and burn-in testing and that sort of thing.
Apple does the industrial design, and then solicits RFP's to get the system board. The laptop OEM builds the motherboards and all that, and I'm guessing that they deliver the internals to Apple, rather than fully-assembled machines, so that they do the final integration and burn-in testing and that sort of thing.