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To: Mani1 who wrote (111249)	5/17/2000 7:28:00 AM
From: Bill Jackson	Respond to of 1575504

Mani, OT re laptops. Thanks for the link. My off the cuff valuta was obviously dated. Well at $400 for the screen and $200 for the HD and $90 for the CPU and $50 for the FDD and $110 for the CDROM we are at %850 and have not touched the keyboard and all the many dies with their plastic bits which have a high cost. and would push the BOM to a bit over a $1000-$1100 and then there is OS, packaging, charger, battery which adds another $150-200. Still, the next csystal cycle should see them drop by $100 or more, all the other parts will fall by a collective $250 or so which still brings the raw cost to close to $1000. One route it to accessorize it, so the CDROM is a separate purchase to go to the USB port. Offices could buy one for many or use fixed externals on usb ports. Another would be to use standard batteries so that we would not see $150 replacement batteries.I suspect a standard will not emerge in batteries for laptops in the near future unless someone bites the bullet and does it...probably a taiwan company using old dies and not wanting to invest in a complex battery. I think the makers cling to the batteries and other accessories as captive gouge markets....they will have to abandon that. trouble is the cost of entry to the market is huge...but some Taiwan companies have done it, they have dies etc and could field a minimal lappy with usb ports, no CDROM and commercial batteries for $1000 with a 10" screen. 12-14 would be a bit higher. Well, enough OT. Market opens in a few hours. Bill