(Ahem)

Radio Gaga, anybody?

3.06 would be 8400

It appears the Apple store in Greece is using 1999 US-Euro exchange rates and prices all iMacs at least 20% more expensive than in the rest of the Euro-Europe.

Check prices here:
http://www.applestore.gr/cgi-bin/WebObjects/RWApp.woa/4/wo/NNM44UstxzIUUkdmzs4TNw/1.0.5.10.9.0.31?79,45

These are subject to 19% VAT.

where in France you get (the newer models for):
http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/francestore.woa/wa/RSLID?nnmm=browse&mco=7B72369C&node=home/shop_mac/family/imac

Same in the UK and Germany.

That's why greeks won't have apples. They'd rather have a souvlaki.

Cheers

But it is also obviously about Intel being able to clean up the shop floor by clocking down crippled X9100s to flog off onto the fanbois.

Just call it quality control for the masses (of PC users, that is!)