It implies nothing about configurable options, but that production
runs of the base config are made in 1000 unit lots. That is, 1000
PowerBooks are fabbed without HDs or RAM, as those are standard BTO
options. That probably maximizes the efficiency of the production
run, while maintaining the flexibility required by 95% of the market.
This base config includes a camera.
Truly the issue is: do Apple's competitors ie Dell and HP offer a
special "security complaint" version of their products to those that
need them? And is it cost effective for Apple to change their base
config to supply these customers, or would they rather cede the market?
If the DoD market is small enough, they may well rather cede it to
Windows than to make the expensive change to their base config.
Or, certify a vendor that could remove the offending devices after manu.
On Jan 12, 2006, at 10:37 AM, Michael Kluskens wrote:
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.
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