With the price of Wii Motion Plus bringing the cost of a full Wiimote to a whopping $US80, we thought we’d reexamine the true cost of buying a console today. Which is truly the cheapest?
AU: All of this is based on US pricings, of course. When Nintendo announce the local launch date and price of MotionPlus, I’ll work out the local costings for you guys.
It seems like every tech company is feeling the pinch these days, and Dell is no different. In order to cut costs, they are encouraging employees to take up to five unpaid vacation days or a severance package during Q4. CEO Michael Dell has also initiated a hiring freeze and announced that the company will be using fewer contract workers during this time. Dell hopes to trim $US3 billion off its annual spending over the next few years, and my guess is that another round of layoffs might occur if these preliminary measures don’t help enough in the short term. [AP]
According to the Wall Street Journal, Dell is restructuring their production in a massive overhaul that will send the entire manufacturing process overseas. According to one insider’s account, most or all of Dell’s factories, which are based in the US, will be sold off in 18 months.
