You have to look at volumes too. The SB3 might out sell one specific model of SFF PC, but the componants in a SFF PC will almost certainly shift more than the custom parts in an SB3, as they are used in many different products. Vastly so in fact. A large PC firm can operate on much lower margins too, as they shift many more units as a company. The super cheap stuff is often sold a low margins to pull people into the brand, helping market the more expesive stuff with better margins. Loads of factors at play here, i think you are looking it a little simplistically.
The R&D and ongoing development costs will be significantly lower in a PC too. You can't really compare the two. If if the SB3 is cheap or expensive, the SFF PC market is completely irelevent. That said, even the market it operates, the SB3 is still a complete bargin IMO. Just look at the cost of Sonos, even without the remote (which is over-priced IMHO). The tacky old Roku's did not sell much bellow the price of an SB3 either. -- autopilot Cheers, auto. -"don't call me Shirley."- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ autopilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64207 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
