The Easter Islands belong to Chile. There are plenty of cellphones in Chile. And they have no problem getting online. But Brasil has a lot more people anyways.
We are an Apple reseller in Peru. Since we don't have local Apple offices we buy the iPods in the US and then import them. The discount is pretty much 8% for all countries that need to import them this way, then we pay shipping to Peru, 12% ad-valorem tax, add a 10% margin, and we have 19% sales tax. Brasil has way higher ad-valorem, but has local Apple offices. The US has only a 5%-8% sales tax. Mexico has 0% ad-valorem since the consider the iPod a hard drive, and 15% sales tax.
So there are a lot of thing to consider... I agree, the Big Mac index should be more accurate.
Microsoft has a lot of studies about the TCO of Linux being higher than the TCO of Windows.
Here (Peru) the salaries are lower than in the US, so installation and maintenance costs would be (a lot) lower AND generate jobs, that we need so much. It would also keep the money in the country as it would be spent on saleries instead of spent importing licenses.
Considering that, do those TCO studies apply to third-world countries?
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The Easter Islands belong to Chile. There are plenty of cellphones in Chile. And they have no problem getting online. But Brasil has a lot more people anyways.
Yeah but... who gets the feeling to eat calamari after watching Pirates of the Caribean anyways...?
OK, that's just impossible man. Dead Man's Chest came out last year. So you couldn't have done that 3 years ago.
*ducks*
We are an Apple reseller in Peru. Since we don't have local Apple offices we buy the iPods in the US and then import them. The discount is pretty much 8% for all countries that need to import them this way, then we pay shipping to Peru, 12% ad-valorem tax, add a 10% margin, and we have 19% sales tax.
Brasil has way higher ad-valorem, but has local Apple offices.
The US has only a 5%-8% sales tax.
Mexico has 0% ad-valorem since the consider the iPod a hard drive, and 15% sales tax.
So there are a lot of thing to consider... I agree, the Big Mac index should be more accurate.
Why not use calq?
http://www.katoemba.com/calq/
... oh wait, no I don't.
I guess you can't boot of the iPod anymore. I know you are not supposed to but it was a nice feature. Or is it still possible with USB2?
Microsoft has a lot of studies about the TCO of Linux being higher than the TCO of Windows.
Here (Peru) the salaries are lower than in the US, so installation and maintenance costs would be (a lot) lower AND generate jobs, that we need so much. It would also keep the money in the country as it would be spent on saleries instead of spent importing licenses.
Considering that, do those TCO studies apply to third-world countries?