Apple's Margins
Jan 15, 02:40 AM—Micah Wylde
With its move to generic hardware for the new generations of Macs, Apple also makes it much easier to look at their margins. Below is a look at the possible cost to apple of the components for their new iMac.
- 512MB of PC5400 Ram: 37.79
- 160GB HDD: 74.50
- Core Duo Proccessor at 1.83Ghz (this is not currently available, but from prices of older Intel proccessors, we can infer that it will retail for around this) $250
- ATI x1600 graphics card with 128MB of vram: ~$150
- 8X superdrive: $37.99
- 17’’ LCD monitor (not widescreen, but has more pixels than the apple one, so should be of comparable price): $230
- Webcam: $26
- Case and mobo: probably around $50
- Wireless (bluetooth+802.11g): around $30
And the total is $886.28. Of course, as Apple is buying in bulk and as many pieces come from in-house, their actual price will be much less. Some of the above prices were estimates, as the exact product is not sold in stores. This computer, the basic iMac, is sold for $1,299.
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