the new Jarrod’s Tech vid is almost making me cry
I live in India, and have ~ 1000$ (USD) budget.
For a grand in India, I can ONLY get a 4050, not a 4060. In Jarrod’s vid (his vids are fire btw) he tells us about the 900$ Victus with 4070.
Moreover, due to the purchasing power parity, 1k USD in India is worth a LOT more than 1k in USA.
In the comments section, I also noticed people from other countries telling how the laptops are even more expensive than India in many more regions, like Europe, etc.
Why god why
P.S.: Ik that it is due to import taxes and whatnot
Keep in mind that most prices you see on the internet about something in USD are before taxes.
Having said that, I managed to get a MSI Katana 15 i7 13620H + 16GB RAM + 1TB NVME + 4070 for less than $380 USD brand new on Amazon US bought from Amazon Mexico.
Lol this is how I feel as a Canadian, I actually feel jealous some of the times. The best laptop I could get for 600 was a Surface book 2 15"with a gtx 1060 i7 8650u. Guess it was an upgrade from my Intel HD 2500 . And I can finally play cyberpunk so im not really complaining
@Charley
Tell me about it. The ASUS ROG Strix I bought three years ago (on sale!) set me back just over two thousand Canadian loonies after taxes. It has a Ryzen 7 5800H, an RTX 3060, a 1TB SSD, and 16GB of RAM. It’s completely outclassed (when it comes to hobby level content creation and general productivity) by the M4 Mac Mini I bought over the weekend for around $1200 after tax…
When my gaming laptop dies, I’m just going to replace it with a PS5 and stick with my Mac for non-gaming stuff. There are only a couple PC-exclusive games I play these days, and I can do without them. Pre-built desktop or laptop PC gaming is simply way too expensive to keep up with in this country. You can’t even get anything with an RTX 3070 these days for less than $2000 after tax, unless you’re willing to take a gamble on an open box or refurbished system, and even then… look at this bullshit, LOL: https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/open-box-alienware-m15-r5-15-6-gaming-laptop-black-ryzen-7-5800h-512gb-ssd-16gb-ram-rtx-3070-win11/16013049
I expect computer prices are only going to increase given recent events south of the border.
@Stevie
Honestly dude your comment put some sense into me, I’m going to save up for a PS5 and use it as my main gaming device, then just use a MacBook for school. But TBH my Surface Book is kind of a work laptop with good specs, so I’m a bit confused on what to do, I get about 6–7 hours on my SB2 so do you think it’s worth upgrading to a mac? Never had one before. I can also flip my SB2 for about $1200- $1400, so I wouldn’t have to save.
Jude said:
If we get sick in the US you either just die or go 100k in medical debt, and college puts you 300k in debt with no scholarship.
Let us have something nice lmao.
Enjoy those cheap consumer electronics while you still can! There’s a chance the CHIPS Act will be repealed and China DEFINITELY won’t be footing the bill for any tariffs on imported computers / computer components, lol.
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