Which brings up another point. Why are Apple stuff in Malaysia so expensive? I'm not sure about Macs but Ipods are so much cheaper in Singapore, it's ridiculous. Are Ipods taxable by customs?

I go to Singapore fairly often and I have purchased, over the years, at least 20 Ipods for friends or family. This year alone I have purchased 3 Ipods from LYN sellers. In total I have bought 1, just 1 Ipod locally. Next time you want to buy an Ipod or any Apple labelled product, go to www.apple.com.sg/store and look at how much more money you have to pay. Here's an example: AppleTV Singapore SGD488=RM1100 vs Cycom RM1299 or was it RM1399, I forgot.

one of the reason Apple SG is cheaper si beasue MYS apples are actually imported from SG .

That makes a whole lot of sense. I can import from SG and sell RM100 cheaper than Machines and still make RM100 off an iMac. Surely the Apple shops here can get dealer price from Apple SG. Applestores dropping like flies in KL must be an indication of how well they're doing. Macs could very well be popular in Malaysia but I guess the local stores just don't sell too many.