I have also talked with our Apple account rep about a special
configuration; in this case for DOE. She said that Apple wants a
commitment for 1000 computers before they will change the
production line.
This implies that build to order combinations are estimated ahead of
time to sell a minimum of one thousand units and that those thousand
are built in one pass and stockpiled till a customer orders that
particular combination.
For example by my count there are 50 different MacBook hardware
configurations, that does not count preinstalled software which
certainly is an additional multiplier as I can't see that boxes are
opened to install software.
And by my count there are 3840 different low-end PowerMac G5 hardware
configurations, not counting preinstalled software and some other
things that might or might not be in that box. There likely are
nearly as many configurations for the mid and high-end PowerMac G5's,
making about 10,000 different PowerMac G5 hardware configurations.
This is going to push DoD people on the fence back over to the PC side.
Michael
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