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

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 06:37:53 05/05/05

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On May 05, 2005 at 08:54:25, Kolss wrote:

>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.

Also screen card?
this one for almost $2000, has above minimum things, like 60 GB hard drive, and
double cd/dvd burner, and "more memory" (that's what he said over the phone),
and, it's the 1.7 one, and not the 1.6 or 1.5. And..Israel taxes at 20% (I think
that's apart from VAT), and, it's with a local gurantee, and it has 2 ways of
internet connection (maybe the 56 modem is a third way. But not bluetooth).
 But I think that might make it about $1,200-300, besides the 20% tax, and that
if I got it elsewhere it might cost me $400 less even with paying tax in Israel.
Also, Is IBM good?



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