Chart: Computer System Manufacturers - Gross Profit Margins

Gross profit margins in the Hardware sector ranged from 43.2% (SUNW) down to 3.1% (LNVGY), with the median for the group at 23.8%.

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			Total	Gross	Gross
		Quarter	Revenue	Profit	Profit
Ticker	Company	Ending	($mm)	($mm)	Margin (%)
AAPL	Apple Computer Inc.	04/01/06	$4,359.00	$1297.00
29.8%
CRAY	Cray Inc.	12/31/05	$65.26	$15.93
24.4%
DELL	Dell Inc.	02/03/06	$15,183.00	$2709.00
17.8%
FJTSY	Fujitsu Ltd.	12/31/05	$9,501.33	$2331.77
24.5%
GTW	Gateway Inc.	03/31/06	$1,077.82	$78.73
7.3%
HPQ	Hewlett-Packard Co.	01/31/06	$22,659.00	$5267.00
23.2%
IBM	International Business Machines Corp.	03/31/06	$20,659.00	$8087.00
39.1%
LNVGY	Lenovo Group Ltd.	12/31/05	$4,006.66	$122.43
3.1%
SUNW	Sun Microsystems Inc.	03/26/06	$3,177.00	$1374.00
43.2%
UIS	Unisys Corp.	03/31/06	$1,387.80	$201.90
14.5%

Data: Capital IQ

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