iMac pricing over the world

[Jean-Christophe Helary]

I checked the US price of the high-end iMac and used the exchange  
rate available today to see what the price tag "should" be in other  
areas:

US: $2299
UK: £1128
IR: €1666
JP: ¥275057


Then I checked the UK/Ireland/Japan and US prices without VAT for the  
high end iMac and found:

US: $2299
UK: £1241 (+9%)
IR: €1833 (+10%)
€ values vary depending on the country but the FR and DE shop drove  
me back to my JP shop...
JP: ¥285524 (+3.6%)

I am not sure what to conclude from that. In Japan, ¥300,000 for such  
a machine is dirt cheap. Kind of. I suppose Apple is targetting this  
huge and very trend following consumer market, knowing that SONY is  
at home here. Do we have figures for the user bases in the respective  
markets ?

Jean-Christophe Helary