Firm rips apart Apple Intel iMac

The firm reckons the BOM for the machine amounts to $873, with an additional $25 to be added for test and manufacturing. The main amount excludes keyboard, mouse and documentation. Apple sells the low end version for $1,299, says iSuppli.

It does include the 17-inch LG Philips LCD panel, the X1600 graphics chip, the Maxtor 60GB S-ATA hard drive, and the Samsung DRAM.

The firm calculates the Intel Core Duo T2400 costs $265, the north bridge Intel 82945GM and the south bridge Intel NH82801GBMSL8YB $45, and the GDDR RAM $20. µ

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