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[sriggs]

Why on earth does the Acer C720 2GB chromebook cost TWICE in Australia what it costs in the US?  This thing is literally $200US and costs $400AU.  Convert the currency, $200US = $213AU.

Factor in shipping, increased (?) distribution costs, increased (?) support costs per unit, etc., and you still shouldn't come close.

How can a device with no HDD and a free OS cost as much as a lower end laptop with a 300+GB HDD and a copy of Windows 8 (which I presume MS won't give away for free)??

[Videomarquantoè]

Great question! Even for the Europe area, that is the same speech exchange, combined with different products and different costs. Hopefully Acer, sooner or later meets and proposes solutions.