I have been trying to buy an Apple computer for a year now. I have had multiple issues that have blocked me from buying one, starting with the fact that there i

I have been trying to buy an Apple computer for a year now. I have had multiple issues that have blocked me from buying one, starting with the fact that there is no official Apple retailer in my country [1]. As Apple products are super-overpriced I think "Why not buy a computer with maxed specs?" this way I can counter the fact that I will have a discontinued computer in five years or so. Right now the rMBP 13" with maximum specifications (16GB RAM, 1TB Flash Drive, Core i7) costs around $2,700 + taxes, this is a lot of money but those specs are the minimum nowadays and I want to future-proof it, so I am kind of forced by my profession to buy it. Unfortunately, all shipping companies in my country have a limit of $2,000 per import so it is obvious that I cannot buy it online, I have to travel to the US. Have you read /r/mac or /r/apple ? There is at least five posts every day of people complaining about issues with the keyboard, the display, the graphic card, the disk (mostly the disk utility reporting inaccurate information), and even the hinge. Most of these issues can be solved going to a "Genius Bar" and asking for a replacement. Cool, but I cannot do that in my country because there is no "Genius Bar". If I travel to the US to buy this over-priced computer and it comes with a defect I will have to come back to get a replacement; to prevent this I would need to stay in the US for a couple of weeks to check everything before going back to my country. Another reason to buy the customized version, that way the money spent in flight tickets, hotel room, and local transportation will be worthy. I got the random number of $5,000 as my budget, and the devil knows I've been sitting on this money for several months waiting for Apple to release the goddamn redesign that they have been promising since last year. [1] http://www.apple.com/retail/ http://www.apple.com/retail/