[citation][nom]zak_mckraken[/nom]$100,000???9x 43IN 1080p borderless displays : ~ $10,0001x HP Z800 Workstation (pimped out) : ~$5,0001x HD Video conferencing hardware and software (Tandberg) : ~$20,000HP Proprietary software : Overpriced.[/citation]
You, sir, are an idiot.
A 43" screen is MORE than $1100 for a model like this. I think a 1.5" thick, zero-bezel display would come in at about 2-3 times that.
Sure, they might make a profit if they sold this for 50-75k, but with the number of units they sell, they would never break even with the cost of R&D. A 25% reduction in price will not get them 25% more sales because most companies may not feel they need something like this- especially @ >$50,000.
As for back_by_demand, a $1200 pc from dell or your local mall does not cost only $400 to build. The performance may be reached for $400 by selecting the cheapest components, psu, and case from newegg and pirating windows, but your computer wouldn't look good or sound good (loud probably.) A $1200 pc probably costs about $800 for everything, then they add $100/hour for labour to assemble the parts and $100/hour for installing windows and some software. The rest is profit and is split between the stores and the oems.