Haha - this actually goes for most products, but Apple is crazy at this type of thing - buying CNC machines by the 1000s at a time...
To be honest - I think a lot of it isn't the right direction for product design - it's designed to be HARD to match, so I feel like a flanking maneuver is required in industrial design to start new aesthetics that will drive different ways of manufacturing that are most accessible than Apple's current methods.