On Thursday, June 12, 2003, at 08:58AM, dtac666 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Shay, > >I daresay that will not come cheap. My (now declared dead) Pismo was diagnosed >with >a faulty processor card and logic board - replacement parts were quoted at >more >than $2.000. > >Apparently since the machine is no longer being manufactured, the parts are >drastically marked up by Apple. > >Sorry for the bad news. > >Dirk > Actually, the parts are not marked up once the machine is not manufactured. The price is the exact same price when the machine is first released. When Apple gets a machine manufactured, they also extend the run for spare parts. So, the pay the price at the time for what the logic board would cost for that machine ie if part of the manufacture cost for a logic board in a new machine is $1500, then they pay $1500 per board for the spare part board. Don't forget that Apple produce a different logic board for each machine, at a much lower production run than a PC company. PCs (generally) have a generic motherboard in the machine, which are produced in much greater numbers than a Powerbook 500 Pismo logic board. Greater the number, the lower the price of the board (until a point is reached that producing more boards becomes more expensive again - lookup Economies of Scale in Google for an explanation) [this is a Mac list, not an economics lecture ;-)]. Margins aside, why do you think a Powerbook is so much more expensive than a desktop machine? Ever owned a luxury car? Go price up a master cylinder assembly for a 1990 BMW 7 series, then compare it to a price of a master cylinder assembly for a 1990 Commdore Executive. :-) [Rod's service rant over] Seeya Rod!
