I was also willing to switch but I guess I will have to stick to my P4 a little longer. The reason? Price, of course. The attractive US$499.00 (roughly equivalent to R$1,350.00, US$1.00 = R$2.70) ends up costing R$2,890.00 (roughly US$1,070.00) [1] to the Brazilian final consumer. That's sky-high 100% taxing, simply unbearable.
I wish this situation would change in the near future. Yes, our government is striving to get cheap computers to the poor, but I think middle-class citizens should also be able to get their hands on foreign technology for prices which are not so exorbitant (as if the technology market reserve policies of the 80's hadn't done enough damage in slowing us down WRT that industry).
Meanwhile, I wonder what Apple's expectations are for local sales, given this configuration.
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I was also willing to switch but I guess I will have to stick to my P4 a little longer. The reason? Price, of course. The attractive US$499.00 (roughly equivalent to R$1,350.00, US$1.00 = R$2.70) ends up costing R$2,890.00 (roughly US$1,070.00) [1] to the Brazilian final consumer. That's sky-high 100% taxing, simply unbearable.
I wish this situation would change in the near future. Yes, our government is striving to get cheap computers to the poor, but I think middle-class citizens should also be able to get their hands on foreign technology for prices which are not so exorbitant (as if the technology market reserve policies of the 80's hadn't done enough damage in slowing us down WRT that industry).
Meanwhile, I wonder what Apple's expectations are for local sales, given this configuration.
[1] http://www.somainfo.com.br/