Yup, but if you look closely, they somehow neglect to include the
cost of the injection moulding plant (makes the cases) and thing like
that. Also, it is tricky to walk into Radio Shack (Tandy) and pick up
one of those Motorola 7448A processors on the cheap (ahh the old days
when you could!).
Jerry
On Aug 19, 2005, at 7:52 AM, Rex Baldazo wrote:
> A research firm estimates the Mac Mini costs Apple less than $300 to
> manufacture:
>
> http://news.com.com/2100-1042_3-5837265.html
>
> Of course does not factor in shipping/marketing/software/etc. costs,
> just manufacturing.
>
> --- Rex.
>
>
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