that's probably true now, but now the G4 is an old man. i'm betting when it first came out, it was quite a bit more for apple. but as everyone should know, apple's margins are quite high - just under 30% on it's powermac line, i believe, and around 27% overall. --alan On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 03:48 PM, Sean Terrill wrote: > In the quantities Apple buys, the G4 chips are around $100 apiece. Not > much > savings to be had there... >