@Omniescient: only if we expect improvement of hardware (lower costs and or power used) to be static or decline relative to the difficulty. e.g if in theory someone creates a bitcoin miner with 0 costs (capital and power), then the "fundamental" cost of obtaining bitcoins is 0
@railzand: the list is a compilation of "current-gen" hardware, even if some are not shipping yet. This best reflects the opportunity cost of buying/pre-ordering hardware v.s. buying from an exchange