Graviman,
The hardware is one component. The software is the other.
Nick has mentioned that the Comanche required 1/2 M (as I recall) lines of code. This cost was amortized over 3-5 helicopters. The code in Microsoft's operating systems is amortized over tens of millions of computers.
Perhaps you would answer my previous question.
What language do you use when writing your computer code?
and/or tell me what is today's cost per line of coding?
Dave