> You do apreciate don't you the exchange rate between $US and $A? Actually > Macs in Australia are approx the same cost as in USA. Shipping and > government taxes add on a bit more, but generally speaking Mac prices are > comparable. Mac OSs from Apple here are actually cheaper than in US. OS X > 10.1 here costs $A229 which is about $A30 cheaper than the US price of > $US129 just on the base OS price alone, not counting shipping etc costs. I > just checked the Apple Australia site and the entry level iMac is showing at > $A 1895 which is very approx $US 950. Where we often lose out is when Apple > drop their prices in US, for example recently on the Notebooks, the > Australian reductions don't always match the US equivalent. > Now, certain other items such as PCI cards and some software can be quite a > bit cheaper if purchased in the USA and shipped here, even allowing for the > dollar difference.
Oooooooh yeah, it's much nicer for me to go visit there than it is for her family to come here... I think it's at about 47cents on the dollar right now isn't it? I appreciate the currency conversion- so how do other pc manufacturers there get around it? Ie, a $2500 mac here costs well over $5k there... Why does a $1k pc here cost just a little over $1k there? Not saying there aren't reasons why macs are more expensive there, just that they are. -- Michael Bryan Bell http://homepage.mac.com/michael_bell/ -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
