News for Friday, 20 January 2006

component cost of an iMac Core Duo: $873

By Moose. Original by Lionel - 20/01/2006 13:03:44 CET - Category: Apple - Source: Digitimes

iSupply made an estimation of the total out of the factory" cost of a 17" Core Duo iMac: $873.
The Intel processor costs $265, the Northbridge/Southbridge $45 and the ATI chip $30. Apple's margin is estimated at $300... which is in no way the same as profit!
You then have to substract the costs related to R&D, shipping, advertising etc.

Firefox exceeds a 20% market share in Europe

By jwa. Original by Val - 20/01/2006 01:13:27 CET - Category: Internet

According to Xiti, a company who measures and analyses web traffic, Firefox has just exceeded a 20% market share on the old continent. France is a little below average at 18%, while Finland, Slovenia, and Germany raised the bar at 30%. This is good news as it shows the return of innovation, which was limited before by the omnipresece of Internet Explorer which did not evolve much.
To finish, a preview version of Firefox is available for Intel Macs on the blog of one of the primary developers of the Mac version of Firefox. Note that this is not a universal version, it is only for Intel.
Firefox 1.5 pour Mac Intel