Why Is Apple Australia So Expensive?

Because they can be. On the eve of opening the first Apple store in Australia, Stephen Hutcheon asks why Australians pays so much for Apple products. Apple replies that their price is right. Despite there being near parity in the $US-$A exchange rates since the start of the year, many Apple products in Australia - including iPods, MacBooks and iMac computers - sell for between 15 and 30-plus per cent more than they do in the US... The index shows that Australia is the eighth cheapest place i