CompUSA went out of business some months ago. :(

They closed all of their stores, and sold their name to TigerDirect, who now operates their website.

It would be nice to have those kind of massive department store around here. I still don´t get it why the Asian market is considerable cheaper than Europe or the rest of the world.

Anyhow i don´t know where the iMac are made. I guess is China as everything else in the world. I don´t say that comment with disdain. I used to work in a Bikes Magazine Editorial Group. The largest and best brands of Bikes Helmets factory is of course, in China. Their technology is top class and they can produce the quality the brand client wants to pay. They produce helmets from 60 to 1000 $ dolllars.

I think because China manufactures the products, it is cheaper because there is no middle-man increasing the price.

Say there is "CompanyX", a cell phone company. It licenses some factory in China to make their handsets for $50 each. They make the handsets, ship it to the US, and "CompanyX" then sells it to distributors in bulk for $60 each. These distributors then sell it to retail stores for $70 each. The retail stores then sell it to you for $100. The price increases each time in order for the companies to make a profit.

I'm guessing there are less 'middle-men' selling and reselling good, so the price isn't raised as much.

I also think many things made in China is of pretty good quality. Of course, there's also the cheap-o 'crapgadgets' that come from there, too... But as they sometimes say, "You get what you paid for".

They do it by externalizing costs. China isn't yet feeling the true costs from pollution, for example. Those bills will come due, in time.