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"this is the time I wish I could afford a MacBook". If you work in any IT related job in the US you probably would end up on the plus if you just spent the tim
by Ma8ee 13y ago
"this is the time I wish I could afford a MacBook".
If you work in any IT related job in the US you probably would end up on the plus if you just spent the time you just used to try to make the crap you bought to work properly working a few extra on your normal job and then bought a MacBook.
I can seriously not afford to not buy a MacBook.
- speeder 13y agoI am in Brazil, I earn about 20k USD year as mobile programmer (and for Brazil this is VERY, VERY, VERY high income) Also in Brazil everything (and I DO mean EVERYTHING) is more expensive, Macs usually have a 100% markup compared to US, most of the extra price in taxes. (Brazil has some crazy taxes, for example Videogames have 72% of their final price being taxes, Cachaça, Brazil national cultural beverage, 82% of the final price is taxes...). Here one of the easiest way to get "easy money" is smuggle stuff (usually electronics and clothes, but last year the government had to arrest massive amounts of tomato smugglers), for example you can go to US, buy a bunch of MacBooks, smuggle to Brazil, and charge 50% more of what you paid for them in US, and profit that 50%, and for a Brazillian this still is cheaper than buying a legal one here (that has 100% markup, as I mentioned earlier).
- Ma8ee 13y agoI feel your pain. I was careful to be specific about what I said was valid in the US, both because of very different costs and very different salaries in other parts of the world.