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It definitely looks to be made of a metal. To be fair, I'm just basing that off the texture and specular highlights in the photos. It's pretty similar looking to the iMac's case in one of their photos.

I would actually bet it’s plastic, having a hollow tube-like structure made from metal would be very wasteful because you would have to mill out the entire core (unless it’s cast metal?). Also, the texture looks much coarser than the iMac, there are large „bumps“ on the surface. If it’s really a milled aluminum case, I would at least understand the price, but I would be very surprised. My bet would be a simple injection moulded ABS case.

Sheet metal can be wrapped around a mold (round, square, or other) and pressed together, though it's not common. I've got a couple diy electronics protected by "boxes" made of U-shaped steel or aluminum with holes cut for the controls. Alternatively, the technique used to create cardboard boxes also works with sheet metal, where you cut the correct shape out and fold the flaps at set locations; of the metal is thick enough you don't need flaps and it'll hold the shape on its own, and if you want to hide the seams better, use compression or notches.

When looking at the edges, it looks very thick though, no? That doesn’t look like wrapped around sheet metal to me, unless that’s border where some metal is pulled inwards like when making a soda can.

I'm not saying it is, it's a response to this, which I should have quoted:

> having a hollow tube-like structure made from metal would be very wasteful because you would have to mill out the entire core (unless it’s cast metal?)

Basically, I'm saying those aren't the only options

Ah ok, yes, not every hollow metal part has to be milled from a block. I was saying that because the original comment mentioned the iMac, which is milled from solid material AFAIK. I probably should have made that more clear.