The hardware costs £8,000; the toolkit sells for £3,000.

And this new hardware will only cost $99.

Although there could be volume discounts, she said the boxes cost $1,500 to $3,000, meaning the hardware alone could cost $45 million to $90 million.

The hardware alone can cost in the range of a half-million dollars, not including software and set-up time.

The Web site, its programming, hardware and related teacher training cost the district $4 million over three years.

However, several companies that are planning to make wireless widgets say they expect to get the hardware costs below $1,000 in the near future, and eventually to less than $500.

The necessary hardware, beyond a personal computer, costs less than $1,000, Mr. Burnstein said.

The hardware and software for each type of link, like that between electronic mail and voice, costs $15,000 to $30,000 for an office.

There really isn't an apple tax, the hardware in most cases that goes into this thing really does cost a lot of money.

The hardware costs $60,000 to $100,000 and charges for high-speed phone lines are around $1,000 to $1,500 a month.