iSuppli: Intel iMac Carries $873 Worth of Parts
iSuppli: Intel iMac Carries $873 Worth of Parts
by , 2:50 PM EST, January 19th, 2006
iSuppli Corp. on Thursday released a breakdown of the materials contained in the new US$1,299 Intel iMac, coming to the conclusion that it contains $873 worth of parts. Unsurprisingly, the most expensive item is the Intel Core Duo processor, estimated to cost $265, with a $45 Intel mobile 945 core-logic chipset supporting it.
iSuppli senior analyst Andrew Rassweiler noted that those two items account for 35% of the BOM (bill of materials) cost in the new iMac. Other major integrated circuits in the computer include a $30 northbridge for the ATI Radeon X1600 video card and $20 for GDDR SDRAM (256Mbit x 4) from Samsung. The iMac also carries a $25 manufacturing and test cost above the $873 worth of parts.
iSuppli also identified other major parts in the new computer, including a 17-inch wide-format LCD panel from LG Phillips and a 160GB SATA hard drive from Maxtor. The complete breakdown analysis is $3,500.
Observer Comments
An iSupply report on the price of parts in the iMac Intel reportedly contains $.50 worth of content and a $3500 price tag.
Seriously... people who look at the cost of parts as the only aspect and then whine about Macs being so expensive need to wake up. Pay attention to labor, marketing, even boxes! Not to mention R&D.
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