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That would probably double their margins, don't you think?
by skrebbel 8y ago
That would probably double their margins, don't you think?
- baybal2 8y agoA budget laptop is "Wintel tax" + $30 to $40 display panel + other components for $20 to $30. The rest is being eaten by tax and getting them to store shelves. There is a gigantic "commodity laptop" market and the less than 10% enthusiast/gaming niche in it. And YES, Intel is chopping down the tree it sits on. A lion share of their desktop CPU/Chipset/Wifi sales are in the commodity sector. If they strangle Taiwanese guys to the point they drop them in favour of ARM SoCs, it will trigger a magnitude 9 earthquake in the market.
- cwyers 8y agoThey don't make money off the resale price, they make money off the wholesale price. Any money over the wholesale price goes to the retailer (or the distribution chain), not the manufacturer.