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 ...
Read More »iPad 1 Prices Reduced in UAE
iStyle, a premium Apple reseller in the UAE, has reduced the prices of the iPad 1 in anticipation of the iPad 2 release. These discounts are similar what Apple did when the company reduced the price of the iPad 1 by $100. The prices were reduced by $136-$163 depending on which iPad model. The new prices for the first general ...
Read More »Apple iPad in Saudi Arabia Officially
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 ...
Read More »More stores selling the iPad in Saudi Arabia (update)
It’s only been less than 2 weeks since the release of the Apple iPad in the United States and Apple stores in Saudi Arabia are already selling the iPad. As far as we know Itechia started selling them last Thursday. 4,999SR ($1,333) for 64GB iPad WiFi. Itechia updated their prices: 2,949SR ($786), 3,449SR ($919), 3,949SR ($1,053) for 16, 32, 64GB ...
Read More »MacBook Pro prices in Saudi Arabia (update 4)
Make sure to check the Mac buying Guide in Saudi Arabia. The new line of MacBook Pro notebooks has arrived in Saudi Arabia. MacBook Pro 13-inch 2.26GHz: 5,690SR on Arab Computer’s site. 5,649SR from itechia. 5,590 SR from i-weaver. MacBook Pro 13-inch 2.53GHz: 6,990SR on Arab Computers’ site. 6,899SR from itechia. Before Update 2 it was: 7,499SR at Global.Store, 7,999 ...
Read More »HR’s iStyle Saudi Arabia experience
We got the following from “HR” in the comments of this earlier post. HR writes about his experience buying a unibody MacBook Pro (15.4″, 2.66GHz, 4GB DDR3 for 10,600SR). He was very disappointed, “when I just opened the box and seal the computer looked like it’s been used” he said. He added that the MacBook Pro had some discoloration on ...
Read More »My personal experience with iStyle store in Riyadh
My MacBook Pro’s power adapter is almost dead so I had to buy a new one. Buying it online would cost $80 (300SAR) add to that tax and shipping. Contacted Global Store and they told me it’s 450SAR. And iStyle told me its 444SAR. But when I went to their store to buy it. Which is at the new mall ...
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