What does it cost to make a Macbook ?

I know this may seem random, but I was wondering how much does a Macbook really cost to make? I was asking myself this when I was shopping around dell.com. They have a XPS 12" Notebook Core 2 Duo for 1200. I understand that it is a windows based computer yada yada, but the specs on the comp are double everything the Macbook has. And if they are making a profit off 1200 bucks, how much is apple making? I imagine they are laughing all the way to the bank
Discuss.
  Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

Mleb just summarized everything I was thinking
perfectly. Mind reader? The mark up for the OS is
what hurts the most. The extra cost to me is paying
for the luxury of getting local tech support
on a pretty version of Linux. And the criticism of MS
makes me laugh. I hate the OS as much as anyone else,
but where is the middle ground? Lower hardware cost
but crappy OS (MS) vs. High hardware cost and stable
OS (Mac). If ethics is the issue why am I being
charged extra for an OS that is stable? Simple. There
are no better alternatives. You have no where better
to go, and you will pay whatever cost they ask you
to. That is what has happened to the OS market. Just
look at the price of the macbook pro lol. It should
come with a bumper sticker that says Apple raped me
and I didnt even get a reach around. Yes I love macs,
I just think its a shame the way they run shop. I bet
the profit margin off apple laptops is ridiculous and
in the small chance that it is low; they are selling
so well it makes up for it. Anyways what I
really want to know is, if macs are running intel
procs, what is missing from a windows PC so that it
can run OS X ? Someone a few posts above me mentioned
firmware. I thought it would be hardware.
Discuss.
Reading your post, I wonder if you think Apple shouldn't charge what they do for having a total system that works. The market will bear what the market will bear. It is a fact that there are exponentially more windows users than Mac, so obviously, most people are willing to sacrifice performance for cost. In the case of Mac users, they tend to see a value in having a laptop that actually works, and they're willing to pay more for it. Why shouldn't Apple charge more for that?

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