In fairness to Apple, they aren't the only ones who have massive price disparity in Australia. I got my Lenovo <meta charset="utf-8">netbook (4th largest PC manufacturer in the world) for $500 in the states, when the australian distributor was selling it here for $1200.<div>
<br></div><div>I think it's just a case of them charging what they can get away with.<br><div><br></div><div>End of the day, consumer will decide with their wallet if they think it's worth it. (Seems to be working for Apple and Lenovo though)</div>
<div><br clear="all"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#999999">Cameron Royal<br></font><a href="http://www.sandboxsoftware.net" target="_blank"><font color="#666666"><b>www.sandboxsoftware.net</b></font></a><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Paul Turbett (Black Lab Games) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paul@blacklabgames.com.au">paul@blacklabgames.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I don't buy Apple products :)<br>
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Hope that helps, Paul<br>
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