Re: AW: AW: [cobalt-developers] cobalt mainboard manufacturer

[Ryan Verner <xfesty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 29/03/2004, at 6:28 PM, Florian Arzberger wrote:

> well, it's clear that it would be more expensive than a standard atx 
> board.
> question is, how much more expensive?
> 50% - 100% more would still seem acceptable to me.

It's probably more of a question of how many are you making.  I'd 
imagine you'd have to hit the thousands before it'd be anywhere near 
cost effective.

R

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: cobalt-developers-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-developers-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Will 
> DeHaan
> Gesendet: Montag, 29. März 2004 08:02
> An: cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Betreff: Re: AW: [cobalt-developers] cobalt mainboard manufacturer
>
> On Sat, 27 Mar 2004, Florian Arzberger wrote:
>
> > will, who is "we"? the reason why i'm asking is because i want to
> > estimate how much effort it would take to layout a replacement
> > mainboard and how many boards one would have to produce to get an
> affordable retail price for them.
>
> "We" is the old Cobalt staff, myself included. It is very difficult to 
> build
> boards that are cost competitive with industry standard ATX parts.
>
>
> 	-- Will
>
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: cobalt-developers-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:cobalt-developers-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Will
> > DeHaan
> > Gesendet: Freitag, 26. März 2004 23:11
> > An: cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Betreff: RE: [cobalt-developers] cobalt mainboard manufacturer
> >
> > On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Or-Or wrote:
> >
> > > I may be wrong, but I believe ASUS made the boards for the Cubes and
> Raqs.
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Chris
> >
> > Yep, wrong.
> >
> > Cobalt designed their own boards. We contracted out layout and
> > manufacture but everything from concept to production was managed
> in-house.
> > 	-- Will
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cobalt-developers-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:cobalt-developers-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> > > Florian Arzberger
> > > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 3:01 PM
> > > To: cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [cobalt-developers] cobalt mainboard manufacturer
> > >
> > >
> > > does anybody on this list happen to know who originally manufactured
> > > the raq mainboards for cobalt?
> > >
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