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Originally Posted by ivanjt
I think you will find that all they are doing is assembling a number units from the parts they have already of have contracted to purchase. In both cases it is cheaper in the long run to assemble them and sell them at a loss because of long term storage costs.
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I read somewhere ( was it Ars Technica or LifeHacker ?) that the 99$ price was made to match the amount HP owed to its manufacturer if he broke the contract for making and assembling the tablets.
The sale and all the media buzz it made was also a gigantic publicity for HP that would have cost a lot more too;
That's why they might make another round, even if the component costs is around 300$, the 99$ sale is hceaper than a advertisement campaign!