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Technology Stocks : Compaq
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To: Tim Bagwell who wrote (9264)11/21/1997 8:32:00 AM
From: ed  Read Replies (2) of 97611
 
It takes one man hour to assembly one computer, and the tool is screwdriver. The hourly salary of an assembly worker is $6 per hour.
Then it takes another 24 hours to do burn in test. I got this information from one of CPQ's contractor in silicon valley !!
$3.0 .........16 MB DRAM(This may drop to $2 in the near future)
$50 .......... case
$$133 .......... CPU
$$15 .......... VGA controller
$3 .......... Super I/O
$$100 .......... HD
$5 ......... Mouse
$$20 .......... Cables
$100 .......... Mother Board, including I/O, VGA
$10 .......... Labor cost to assembly the computer
$50 .......... CD-ROM
$40 .......... Modem
$50 .......... Power Supply
$60 ........... License fee for software
$20 ........... Sound card
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Total : $641

I think this number is within 20% of accuracy of CPQ's cost for
su $1000 PCs. Some items may be over estimated.The costs of components
keep dropping !!!
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