From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Frank Haber"  wrote in message
news:4346e8a2$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>I won a 1G Shuffle in a raffle when I renewed my gym membership.  It died
>30 seconds after I plugged it in.  The line at the CompCretin USA store was
>40 deep and screaming.  After waiting a day for an appointment with a
>"genius" at the Manhattan Apple Store (grossly overloaded),
they were out
>of stock.  "I'll be notified."
>
> (I actually lifted a finger to replace this thing, with its obnoxious
> software?  I have to wet my finger to turn it on?  Who's
"genius" idea was
> something with no display and a lame FF?  I don't want to mix and match my
> Buxtehude, bebop and BBC!  I have been co-opted by the fact that this POS
> is allegedly "worth" $145.  I am a victim.  Fegh.)
>
> I tell you, once again...
>
> "Arie, you wretched of the earth. Consumer electronics are the last opiate
> of the extinct middle class.  Gimmickry is not luxury.  But the T-shirts
> are better, or were, until they stopped making them in North
> arolina."  -Engels and his buddy

The actual parts cost of an 2GB Ipod Nano is $90.18. My Nano initially
locked up whenI first plugged it into the pc and I had to use the Apple 1
switch - 2 button reset procedure. It's much easier to rememvber a pinhole.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/23/ipod_nano_desconstructed/

The 2GB Nano retails in the US for $199. Of that, iSuppli reckons, less
that half - $90.18 - goes on components. Chuck in $8 per unit labour costs,
and Apple's base margin is a whopping $100.82.

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