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just curious. how much those power book G4 cost? I checked apple India, there they say its around Rs.1 lakh and more. are these really all that costly? or there is something like lamington raod for mac where i can afford to buy one.
Anything "Apple" is best bought in the US. AFAIK Apples have very less penetration in India just because they follow the same pricing structure world-wide without taking PPP into account.
The amounts one pays is thus huge. Add to that taxes as a percentage and the price becomes astronomical.
Unless of course, you want to make a style statement or are into using a particular suite of creative applications, you can do very well without a Apple.
Again, I doubt if you can procure Apples in a piecemeal fashion from a hardware market; because Apple's computer hardware platform is the "IP" of Apple, and they disuade third-party manufacturers from making mainstream components.
Regards,
ah