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I'm not disagreeing exactly.  I just think I should point out that Apple 
offers the same machines in Japan as they do in the US.  I think Power 
Computing does as well.

Larry

Thomas Kruemmer wrote:
> 
> In USA, vie the Internet or in person, you can buy a top of the line
> desk-top computer 200MHz Pentium, 32 - 64 MB EDO RAM, 12X CD-ROM, plus all
> the gimmicks for about US$ 3000 - 3500.
> 
> In Japan you will not find a desk-top computer with the a.m. specification.
> 
> That is to say, NEITHER Japanese manufacturers NOR foreign manufacturers
> having their shops in Japan, can offer up-to-date desk-top computers.
> 
> What is being sold in Japan are desk-top computers with the specifications
> of early last year, at prices which you can not achieve for these outdated
> models anywhere else on this planet.
> 
> Two foreign manufacturers with their direct presence in Japan I contacted
> told me, that the new desk-top models from overseas will not be available
> in Japan, but they would be selling a similar lines with different names
> for the Japanese market. After looking at the pamphlets, guess what I
> found: low spec.
> 
> What makes this unholy alliance of foreign and Japanese computer
> manufacturers think, that they can get away with that?
> 
> Consumers may be stupid - but can be very unforgiving.
> 
> Thomas Kruemmer
> tkruemmer@usa.net
> A disgrunteld desk-top customer.

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