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Tablets are expensive because of their screen, touch screen, battery and mechanicals. Everything else is cheap in comparison.

http://www.isuppli.com/Teardowns/News/Pages/New-iPad-32-GB-4...

Devices like this still have a screen and battery and mechanicals. Instead of $20 of CPU and $10 of RAM they have a $10 CPU that includes RAM. That's pretty much the only savings available.

On the other hand, tablets sell in huge volumes; this is a niche market. So it's quite probable that tablets and/or notebooks without a CPU will be more expensive than ones with a CPU.



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