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Originally Posted by Typhoon
I can't be that expensive to make or produce, right? Because what is it made out of? A systemboard, some RAM, CPU, and harddrive...which all are not that cheap seperately. Or maybe is is more expensive to produce because of a low prodution from the manufacturer?
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Bear in mind that the market base is small. Not that many people are willing to shell out a couple thousand dollars for a portable PC. Sure, they could drop the prices, but then the amount of profit made falls, and in the interests of profitable business, that's a highly undesirable standpoint for the manufacturer. However, as with any other electronic good, once demand kicks in, the price will most likely drop, until supply can no longer meet the high amount of demand, and from then on, the price starts rising again. Economics seems to apply in all case scenarios, tech-based or non-tech-based.
However, I think it'll be many more years before all this happens.