Australian Dollar craps out = MacPro price skyrockets

[offshoresa65s]

Hi

Ozzie Dollar screws Australian Mac users. Roughly Ozzie Dollar @ present $US 0.064 - 0.70

I just went to the ozzie apple.com web site and ran the prices for $AU (Ozzie Dollar) prices for the new MacPro's: sequentially it goes like this

$4500 4 core quad 2.6
$5900 8 core 2 x 2.2
$8500 8 core 2 x 2.6
10600 8 core 2 x 2.9

I really admire the speeds of these new Macpros.

But I have to tell you I sure appreciate it when I bought every thing last year at around this time and the ozzie $AU was around 0.98 cents.

These new Mac's are damm fine machines , but I bought my 8 x 2.8 Mac for around & Au $4500.

It's a no-brainer, at these exchange rates, new MacPros are only for the Hard Core.

Cheers

O

Either the $US dollar turns to ***** without USA government bailouts or we'll be DAMMED! ie the more the $US Dollar craps out the better we will be.

 

[Tallest Skil]

We have several threads detailing the nonsensical prices of the 3500/Gainestown Mac Pro already. Welcome to three weeks ago.

 

[Plutonius]

Yep, a bad exchange rate makes it even worse. Do you have a VAT or any other taxes there ?

 

[tobyg]

Hi

Ozzie Dollar screws Australian Mac users. Roughly Ozzie Dollar @ present $US 0.064 - 0.70

I just went to the ozzie apple.com web site and ran the prices for $AU (Ozzie Dollar) prices for the new MacPro's: sequentially it goes like this

$4500 4 core quad 2.6
$5900 8 core 2 x 2.2
$8500 8 core 2 x 2.6
10600 8 core 2 x 2.9

I really admire the speeds of these new Macpros.

But I have to tell you I sure appreciate it when I bought every thing last year at around this time and the ozzie $AU was around 0.98 cents.

These new Mac's are damm fine machines , but I bought my 8 x 2.8 Mac for around & Au $4500.

It's a no-brainer, at these exchange rates, new MacPros are only for the Hard Core.

Cheers

O

Either the $US dollar turns to ***** without USA government bailouts or we'll be DAMMED! ie the more the $US Dollar craps out the better we will be.

Sorry, but the Octo core 2.8ghz machine in the US has always been $2799 I believe. That means, if you paid Au $4500, your dollar wasn't worth US $.98

 

[sparkie7]

Yep, a bad exchange rate makes it even worse. Do you have a VAT or any other taxes there ?

Its called GST "Goods & Services Tax" (instead of VAT) @ 10%

 

[sparkie7]

Ozzie Dollar screws Australian Mac users.

I hear you mate. And the violins too *****ing everything with the Apple logo over here in ockerland is X$pensive

These new Mac's are damm fine machines , but I bought my 8 x 2.8 Mac for around & Au $4500.

Yeh, thats why paying $3,200 for mine has me grin'in from ear to ear

 

[Cliff3]

Sorry, but the Octo core 2.8ghz machine in the US has always been $2799 I believe. That means, if you paid Au $4500, your dollar wasn't worth US $.98

Australia has fairly substantial customs duties, plus the 10% GST mentioned separately which is automatically added into the purchase price, unlike US sales taxes. I was in Oz for 6 weeks last Spring, and their dollar was trading very close to 1 to 1 with the US dollar.