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buying a new pc

A part of the problem is the size of the market. A lot of manufacturers sign up a local company to act as the local distributors. They then charge whatever they like because they have the legal licence to be the sole agents in Australia.

Now there are 'grey' imports with the internet but they are restricted when the local agents find out.

I used to be able to buy musical instruments much cheaper from companies like Sweetwater today will ship internationally but now they restrict what they will ship.
 
TragicMonkey said:
We'll send you the 0s at regular price, but you'll have to pay extra shipping for the 1s!
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More seriously, it's my understanding that Australia is stuck with rather a bottleneck, accessing the rest of the global Internet. But that wouldn't really affect software prices, just data rates and wait times for downloading software from abroad.
 
I haven't bought a new computer since I bought a Gateway 2000 486 chipped system. I've built a few but mostly just buy used from eBay.

I just recently got a very nice Lenova Chromebook chock full of ram and storage and a 14" screen for $75. eBay certified refurbished.

BTW, I still have the Cambridge Soundworks 3pc speaker system that came with the 486 above.
 
theprestige said:
More seriously, it's my understanding that Australia is stuck with rather a bottleneck, accessing the rest of the global Internet. But that wouldn't really affect software prices, just data rates and wait times for downloading software from abroad.
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Our slow broadband speeds are as much a result of politics as they are of isolation. A couple of elections ago, each of the two parties had a plan for national broadband service. The conservative Liberal Party had one that was slower but cheaper. Labor had one that was fast but expensive. For other reasons the Liberals won that election and started to roll out their Fiber To The Node system which relied on existing copper to transmit data to individual houses. Problem was, the existing copper sucked balls. So for the moment at least, we're stuck with crappy broadband.

But as you say, this should not affect software prices. High prices are just because the big companies suck and they see a captive market.
 
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