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Remember when you used to be able to buy a powerful desktop Mac starting at $1999?
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Last year I took screen shots of all iMac 27" prices here in Sweden (tax included). An iMac 27" with 10-core i9, 32GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Radeon 5700 XT 16GB VRAM, 10Gb Ethernet and keyboard and mouse costed ca $4943 with current exchange rate $1=9.93 SEK.
The base Mac Studio with 10c CPU, 32GB unified RAM, 512GB SSD, 24cGPU 32GB VRAM and 10Gb Ethernet costs today $2567. I'm sure for $2376 you can find a good monitor, keyboard, mouse, webcam and speakers AND superior CPU/GPU performance.
The base Mac Studio with 10c CPU, 32GB unified RAM, 512GB SSD, 24cGPU 32GB VRAM and 10Gb Ethernet costs today $2567. I'm sure for $2376 you can find a good monitor, keyboard, mouse, webcam and speakers AND superior CPU/GPU performance.
Dear Irishman, check this out https://www.apple.com/ie/shop/buy-m...e-gpu-16-core-neural-engine-32gb-memory-512gb
2349 Euro
1999 USD=~1820Euro + ~440 Euro(vat) -» 2260 Euro
Apple tax = ~89Euro=~98USD
You don't just pay VAT in Europe, you also pay import tax for electronics so that "Apple tax" is import tax and also includes other electronics manufacturers. It's the same for Samsung, LG and others.
For a Mac starting at $1999, you would think it would come with a keyboard and mouse.....The base Mac Studio with 10c CPU, 32GB unified RAM, 512GB SSD, 24cGPU 32GB VRAM and 10Gb Ethernet costs today $2567. I'm sure for $2376 you can find a good monitor, keyboard, mouse, webcam and speakers AND superior CPU/GPU performance.
Those kind of remarks enforce negative stereotypes about Mac users.
You might be right. I’m not up to date with the prices, but there used to be an equivalency: the price announced in US in Dollars was the same in Europe, but in Euro 1999$->1999€.
You left out monitor, speakers, microphone, and webcam. ?♂️For a Mac starting at $1999, you would think it would come with a keyboard and mouse.....
Maybe, but if you’d let €89 keep you from enjoying one of these new Mac Studios, there are other negative stereotypes that may reinforce:
“The Apple Tax” to which I was referring was more commonly used to refer to the broad concept that you’ll easily pay anywhere from 1.5x to 2x more than you would for a similarity equipped PC. The difference that you’ve presented here is closer to what you pay as an actual sales tax/VAT tax.
This new Mac Studio easily destroys the Apple Tax argument, in my view.
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Studio Display got you covered there
Are those taxes Apple created and put on to the price? Or are those other taxes Apple has no control over?
Just curious, with all the 'extended delivery dates'.
Do you get charged when the item ships or at order....?
Do you get charged when the item ships or at order....?
Ships (well maybe when they are boxing it up to be shipped.)
Yes, but now Mac Studio costs €2396 in Sweden. In Netherlands with Euro as their currency it costs €2329.
I expect someone will come up with a nice-looking $199 cage for it…or is that too cheap?
Unsure if that is a Kensington lock slot, or just a hole used to open the chassis...?
There's nothing user-serviceable in there AFAIK so best guess it is indeed the former.![environment__cxcdfrigskeq_large.jpg]()
Unsure if that is a Kensington lock slot, or just a hole used to open the chassis...?
Something similar will come:
Dug this out of my Archives.....
In 2003 a Dual 1ghz G4 Powermac £1999 inc vat approx.
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In 2003 a Dual 1ghz G4 Powermac £1999 inc vat approx.
That was when euro was way stronger against the dollar than today.
VAT in Sweden is 25%, in Netherlands it’s 21%. There might be other tax factors.
I had a dual gig, and it was £1749 with a 32MB GeForce 4MX the previous October.Dug this out of my Archives.....
In 2003 a Dual 1ghz G4 Powermac £1999 inc vat approx.
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I wasn't comparing the Swedish and Dutch prices. I was simply stating the fact that the good old days when Apple prices were the same in the US and Europe are long gone.