What is the Intel Switch Costing Apple?

SenseOfHumor writes "A Business Week article says that it costs Apple $898 for an Intel iMac before loading it with software and packaging. From the article: 'But for Apple, the switch to Intel chips is less about saving money in the short term, and more about hitching its wagon to Intel's longer-term product road maps, particularly in the area of notebooks. IBM's chips are power-hungry and generate a lot of heat, and therefore not suitable to notebook computers.'"

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Re:What about the possibility of avoiding lock-in?

[vishbar]

We're talking about Apple: one of the most proprietary computing companies ever.

I don't thing they're going to worry about avoiding vendor lock-in.