Yeah but I pay $16 for a six-pack of Corona
So if I lived in Mexico think of the savings I'd make?Yup, that's a very apt analogy
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Yeah but I pay $16 for a six-pack of Corona
So if I lived in Mexico think of the savings I'd make?Yup, that's a very apt analogy
Well, 8 displays would surely be a problem.
US officials don't check you when you go out, not even passport or anything. And in the Mexican side, you do get to two checkpoints, one in the border and another further on. But most of the times they don't check you, it's "random" (random as in 90% of the times they don't check if they see you look as a good guy
).If you only bring the tower you could just tell them it is for personal use and they won't give you much trouble. Or to make it in a safe way you could just pay the importation fee which would be much lower than $10,000 dollars.
Yup, that's a very apt analogy
It's not an analogy; it's an example of a simple principle: Imports cost more. Always have. It just so happens that macs are imports in Europe.
Yeah but I pay $16 for a six-pack of Corona
Or you could just buy more beer and conform with an iMac.
But, $16?
That do is outrageous! Only $4.50 here.Hmmm... I'm actually thinking about buying one.....
I already have a 30" display for my MBP so I won't need another display.
I'm thinking about an 8 core 3GHz model. I'll get the minimum RAM and upgrade later from somewhere else. I'll one up the graphics card and buy a 300GB 15000 RPM and a 1TB 7200 RPM drive.... I think I can afford that.
Thinking..........
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I just realized I can't think for myself. What do u guys/gals think?
EDIT: I just asked the Misses what I should do.. She looked at me and said "Go for it" Hmm... I still don't know if it's really worth it. I know it would be a huge up from my MBP and I really could use a faster rendering graphics card but who knows.....
I already have a 30" display for my MBP so I won't need another display.
I'm thinking about an 8 core 3GHz model. I'll get the minimum RAM and upgrade later from somewhere else. I'll one up the graphics card and buy a 300GB 15000 RPM and a 1TB 7200 RPM drive.... I think I can afford that.
Thinking..........
Thinking.........
Thinking........
Thinking......
Thinking....
Thinking..
I just realized I can't think for myself. What do u guys/gals think?
EDIT: I just asked the Misses what I should do.. She looked at me and said "Go for it" Hmm... I still don't know if it's really worth it. I know it would be a huge up from my MBP and I really could use a faster rendering graphics card but who knows.....
That's 25,134.98 Euros.
Should I click buy?
Hmm, maybe not.
Laugh it up but my Sun Ultra2 creator back in the day cost me almost 30K
It had dual 200mhz Ultrasparcs and 2GB of ram and a 20inch sun monitor. Amazing what you can get for under 5K today.
That /6.8 for u$d. Paypal fees would cost moreHello.there said:
wordmunger said:
No copy paste here but I'd like to point you to the human smuggling/illegal immigrant thread somewhere around here.
Why stop at 8 displays???
C'mon Apple, that's puny - you should, and can, do mush better than that!
If you think about it, each computer component has improved, like, a thousand fold over the last 15 years or so: CPU speed, HD capacity, memory, etc. However, the most important part of the computer, the one that you actually frequently interact with, the display, has barely improved at all!!! We had 1 (one) monitor per workstation 15 years ago and we barely have an eight-fold improvement on the most expensive high-end systems - talk about slow progress. I want at least a hundred-fold improvement here.
And do not get me started about keyboards and mice. Keyboard has stayed principally the same since the XIX century and the mouse is just about half its age. More to the point, however, is that we have had 1 (ONE) keyboard and mouse per computer!!! Where the heck is the progress??? I want progress - how about giving me a hundred keyboards and mice? C'mon Apple, do the math and keep up with the progress already!
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C'mon Apple, that's puny - you should, and can, do mush better than that!
If you think about it, each computer component has improved, like, a thousand fold over the last 15 years or so: CPU speed, HD capacity, memory, etc. However, the most important part of the computer, the one that you actually frequently interact with, the display, has barely improved at all!!! We had 1 (one) monitor per workstation 15 years ago and we barely have an eight-fold improvement on the most expensive high-end systems - talk about slow progress. I want at least a hundred-fold improvement here.
And do not get me started about keyboards and mice. Keyboard has stayed principally the same since the XIX century and the mouse is just about half its age. More to the point, however, is that we have had 1 (ONE) keyboard and mouse per computer!!! Where the heck is the progress??? I want progress - how about giving me a hundred keyboards and mice? C'mon Apple, do the math and keep up with the progress already!
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Have you seen the alienware screen at CES yet? hehe That or a nice 1080p projector might sort you right out. Your lust for multiple mouses might be sated by a KVm switch, or well, maybe a touch screen.
GOt to money savingsexpert.com. Martin there suggests this practical approach.
Get your cheque book. Write a cheque to apple for the price of a mac. look at the picture of the mac. put the cheque on one side. Write another cheque to yourself for the value of the mac. then write a list of what that could get you (debt payment, holiday, car, phone, etc). You could do it in any number of ways - but having a bundle of hard notes in your hand, you reliase how much you're putting down.
Me? I'd buy one, but i'd wait till next week
They should be selling these in boutiques in Moscow, with the main sales pitch being that this is the most expensive personal computer. I guarantee there will be lines of people waiting to buy those...
in soviet russsia, you don't compute the computer, the computer computes you!!!!
Yes, Macs are imports in Europe - I suspect most of them are imports in the U.S. too seeing as the majority of the stuff is manufactured in and shipped from Asia. Any way, that wasn't the point - the point is the size of the mark-up. Everyone would expect a difference in the price, perhaps a significant one, but $10,000 on this maxed-out model?? You think that's reasonable?
A more expensive Mac:
$82,841.00
Any guesses
Managed to get the Xserve upto $83,041
UK Store price £63,202.99 (converted to your dollars $124,750)
Including a free divorce if I order one
Sounds perfect! There shouldn't be a problem at Irish customs, although they may dismantle the machine to check you're not smuggling immigrants in. So long as you can put it back together again and deliver it to my door then we're laughing - see you soon!
I'm surprised you all are surprised about the price difference. Apple has for a while now (ever since the Euro out valued the Dollar) has set it's prices in Europe to be almost equal in the number of that currency. For example, $100 or 100 Euro (btw anyone know the html code for the Euro?)
Oh yeah, and for a maxed-out system (no software) it's two grand for tax in the US:
Subtotal: $25,262.95
Free Shipping : $0.00
Estimated Tax: $2,082.88
Estimated Total:
$27,345.83