MacBook Pro gets Retina Display; MacBook Air updated with Ivy Bridge

Re:MacBook Pro gets Retina Display; MacBook Air updated with... by dirkdeman on Monday June 11, 2012 @04:54PM (#4096916)

Why for heaven's sake is the new macbook pro €2279 when it's only $2199 in the US? It's a beautiful machine, and I'm used to some price differences between the US and Europe (USD = EUR, right, Apple?) but this is outrageous! That's almost 500 dolars more...

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Re:MacBook Pro gets Retina Display; MacBook Air updated with... by jonpacker on Monday June 11, 2012 @05:14PM (#4097061)

Presumably because the € price includes VAT (which is usually 20%+ in the EU), and the US$ price does not. The real US price would vary by state, and they usually don't show the amount of sales tax on the purchase price. This is a tax thing, not an apple thing.

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Re:MacBook Pro gets Retina Display; MacBook Air updated with... by rorrr on Monday June 11, 2012 @05:54PM (#4097257)

$2,199 + 20% = $2,638.8 = 2,111€

Still doesn't explain a higher price.

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