By John Gruber
Copilot Money — The Apple Editor’s Choice money tracker. Now also on the web.
Someone took apart a Mac Mini and concluded that the total cost of its components is around $280; Paul Thurrott quotes this and says:
Huh. How does that $499 starting price look now? Cheap?
Considering their analysis explicitly did not include the cost of software, yes, that’s cheap.
★ Friday, 12 August 2005