Price comparison: Apple OS X Snow Leopard prices

The Mac OS X Snow Leopard is the seventh major release of the Mac OS X operating system for Apple desktops and server operating systems and recently, the Asian Wall Street Journal’s weekly Arbitrage column conducted a survey of prices for the operating system in various cities in Asia and around the world. The survey found that Europeans paid the most for the operating system while buyers in most Asian cities enjoyed much lower prices with New York City having the lowest price for all cities surveyed.

Price Comparison* 

Rome	€29	US$43.14
Paris	€29	US$43.14
Frankfurt	€29	US$43.14
Brussels	€29	US$43.14
Jakarta	379,000 Rupiahs	US$40.41
London	25 Pounds	US$39.84
Manila	36.46 Pesos	US$36.46
Bangkok	1,190 Baht	US$35.76
Sydney	A$39	US$35.62
Hong Kong	HK$238	US$30.71
New York	US$30.66	US$30.66

* Operating system prices are based upon foreign exchange rates as of October 14, 2009.