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That makes me curious, does the US not have any good comparison shopping websites? Personally Prisjakt[1] (PriceSpy[2] in the UK) is pretty much always my start
by Nullabillity 9y ago
That makes me curious, does the US not have any good comparison shopping websites? Personally Prisjakt[1] (PriceSpy[2] in the UK) is pretty much always my starting point when I'm looking for something, just because their search and discovery tools are so much better than any stores I've seen.
For example, let's look at laptops. Here's a list from PriceSpy of 15"-18" 1080p laptops with AMD graphics, 16+GB of RAM, SSDs, and 3+ USB ports.[3] For comparison, Webhallen[4] and Inet[5] (enthusiast shops, comparable to Newegg) only let you filter by class, screen size, or a few manufacturers. Elgiganten[6] and Media Markt[7] (similar to Best Buy in the US) have a few free-form options, but still nothing even close to the organization or breadth offered by Prisjakt. There are also few to no sliders or groups, instead you're stuck either approving individual screen sizes or predefined buckets of CPU series. Oddly, Elgiganten lets you filter for Intel's CPU price classes (i3/5/7) but not generations.
Amazon seems to follow the same recipe as Elgiganten/MM, which definitely leaves me wondering how Americans shop for computers. Or perhaps that's why so many seem to give up and praise Apple's "simple" lineup...
[1]: https://www.prisjakt.nu/ https://www.prisjakt.nu/
[2]: https://pricespy.co.uk/ https://pricespy.co.uk/
[3]: https://pricespy.co.uk/category.php?m=s320733439 https://pricespy.co.uk/category.php?m=s320733439
[4]: https://www.webhallen.com/se-sv/datorer_och_tillbehor/barbara_datorer/alla_barbara_datorer/ https://www.webhallen.com/se-sv/datorer_och_tillbehor/barbar...
[5]: https://www.inet.se/kategori/81/15-16 https://www.inet.se/kategori/81/15-16
[6]: https://www.elgiganten.se/catalog/datorer-tillbehor/se_barbar_dator/barbar-dator https://www.elgiganten.se/catalog/datorer-tillbehor/se_barba...
[7]: http://www.mediamarkt.se/sv/category/_b%C3%A4rbar-dator-510351.html http://www.mediamarkt.se/sv/category/_b%C3%A4rbar-dator-5103...