Rami Kayyali has compiled and compared the prices of products in the newly launched UAE Apple Store with the prices at the Apple US Store and Saudi Arabia’s distributors. The results are interesting even though the comparison does not include taxes nor custom rates. UAE Apple Store vs Saudi Arabia Prices By comparing UAE Apple Online Store with Arab Computers ...

The new MacBook Air notebooks with ThunderBolt are available in the United Arab Emirates since August 11th. Unfortunately they are not available in Saudi Arabia from Arab Computers until the 27th of the month. The 2011 MacBook Air models’ features include faster processors, ThunderBolt port and a backlit keyboard. Base models ship with an Intel Core i5 processor but you ...

Arab Computers, ABM’s distributor in Saudi Arabia, has announced a limited-time discount on MacBook Pro (2011 models with ThunderBolt). The offer is valid for 2 days only (Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23 June). The new prices are: • MacBook Pro 13-inch with Core i5 from 4,999 SR to 4,499 SR. (no such thing as core i3 macbook pro). • MacBook ...

Arab Computers has announced on their website that the Apple iPad 2 will launch officially in Saudi Arabia this Friday May 6. As we previously mentioned, iPad 2 units sold for Saudi Arabia does not have FaceTime. Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be any plans for a launch event unlike the UAE. The official iPad 2 prices are: iPad WiFi ...

Arab Computers has announced on their website the prices of the iPad 2 in Saudi Arabia. Priority for those who pre-ordered the iPad 2 and stock is limited. iPad 2 units sold for Saudi Arabia does not have FaceTime enabled which can be confirmed by comparing Apple’s Saudi website with Apple’s South Africa page for example. iPad 2 prices from ...

Arab Computers, Arab Business Machine‘s distributor, has announced that Apple’s iPad 2 will be available in Saudi Arabia “at the end of next week”, the first week of May. It is very strange that Saudi Arabia was not included in Apple’s press release announcing that announced the iPad 2 in UAE and several other countries. Apple continues to ignore Saudi ...

Arab Computers has announced on their website that the Apple iPad 2 will be available in Saudi Arabia “soon“. No information regarding prices and release dates were available. But we expect that the prices will be similar to old iPad 1 prices. Here is iPad 2 reservation page even though it shows a MacBook Pro, just fill the form (name, ...

Arab Computers has finally reduced the prices of the Apple iPad 1 in Saudi Arabia after less than a week of the prices dropping in UAE. This discount is to prepare for the imminent iPad 2 launch in the region. The prices were dropped by only 300 Saudi Riyals. Contrast with UAE’s 500-600 AED and Apple’s $100 or 100GBP drop. ...

The Apple iPad is officially available in Saudi Arabia. Arab Computers has posted on their website announcing the availability of the Apple tablet in the Saudi market. This came one year after Apple announcing the iPad. The iPad is available at “selected” stores, the Arabic ad said “exclusively” which is odd, these stores are: iStyle, Global Store, Zonik, iMachines, i.zone ...

Arab Computers has announced new prices for a variety of Apple products including MacBooks and iPods in Saudi Arabia. Students get an additional %5 discount on Macs as well. The new prices, including Apple’s US prices for contrast, are the following: MacBook Air 11-inch with 64GB for 4,290 SR (US price is $999) MacBook 13-inch 2.4Ghz from 4,490 SR to ...