mutantsushi on 27 November 2013
| Wraet said: I don't see this thing even shipping for that price. By the time the build is complete, the shipping costs, the write off for failed builds and returns... Totalling the individual parts costs and then assuming a total shipped cost isn't going to work. |
This is probably true... And more generally, it seem unrealistic to be comparing some no-name "IBuyPower" company assembling Linux microPCs
and just make a direct price comparison... People can (and some do) home-build PCs from components, and no-name companies offer lowest cost PCs,
but for some reason the vast majority of PCs sold are actually from major brands with warranties and customer service people trust.
If this is to be considered on a mass market basis, that is the context it needs to be understood in, and all those things add cost.
(the type of costs that Sony/MS consoles also need to account for)
