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Subject: Re: IBM Centrino Dothan 1.7 Ghz. almost $2000 in Israel!

Author: Kolss

Date: 05:54:25 05/05/05

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On May 05, 2005 at 08:35:01, stuart taylor wrote:

>Is this too much money? Other features are also quite good but I don't out of
>the ordinary. No bluetooth, and not the same expensive screen card as another
>one which costs closer to $3000.
>15" screen.
>
>When bringing a computer into Israel, I heard it is 20% tax. Still, I'm not sure
>if prices are in any way compatible to internet or outside Israel in general.
>
>They told me that here I will get a gurantee, which is not what I get (atleast
>not a workable one) if I order from internet outside Israel.
>Is this so important? Or does it just save a risk of extra hassle?
>
>S.Taylor


Hi,

in my experience, if you pay much more than 1000$ for such a machine, you are
wasting money. Of course it depends a bit on the remaining features (like RAM,
hard disk, DVD drive, etc.), but 2000$ is definitely completely outside the
acceptable range...

Best regards - Munjong.



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