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Over the last two years the rand has weakened significantly \u2013 from R10.30 per USD to the current \u00b1R14.<\/p>\n

South Africa\u2019s weak currency means that anything which is imported, like computer equipment, has become more expensive.<\/p>\n

If you are looking for a high-end laptop, for example, you may have to pay thousands more than a couple of years ago.<\/p>\n

MyBroadband looked at the most expensive laptops available online from shops like Takealot, Loot, and Evetech. Here are the most expensive laptops we could find.<\/p>\n

MSI GT80 2QE TITAN from Evetech \u2013 R74, 999<\/h3>\n

The MSI GT80 sports an Intel Core i7-5700HQ CPU, 32GB DDR3 RAM, 2TB SSD and 1TB HDD, an 18.4-inch FHD diaplay, and dual GeForce GTX 980 8GB GPUs\u00a0in SLI.<\/p>\n

\"MSI<\/a><\/p>\n

Dell Latitude Rugged Extreme 7404 from The NoteBook Company \u2013 R73, 415<\/h3>\n

The Dell Latitude features\u00a0an Intel Core i7-4650U CPU, an HD touch display, 16GB DDR3 RAM, a 512GB SSD, and an Nvidia\u00a0GeForce GT720M.<\/p>\n

\"Dell<\/a><\/p>\n

Dell Precision M4800 Mobile Workstation Notebook from Takealot \u2013 R54, 611<\/h3>\n

The Dell Precision features an Intel Core i7-4910MQ CPU, a 15.6-inch FHD screen, 32GB DDR3 RAM, a 256GB SSD, and an Nvidia\u00a0Quadro K2100M.<\/p>\n

\"Dell<\/a><\/p>\n

MSI Gaming GT70 Dominator Pro Extreme from Raru \u2013 R 51, 705<\/h3>\n

The MSI GT70 features an Intel Core i7 CPU, a 17.3-inch FHD display, an Nvidia\u00a0GeForce GTX 880M, and a SteelSeries Engine keyboard.<\/p>\n

\"MSI<\/a><\/p>\n

Asus ROG G751JT from Evetech \u2013 R42, 999<\/h3>\n

The Asus features an\u00a0Intel Core i7-4720HQ processor, 32GB DDR3 RAM, 2TB SSD and 1TB HDD, a 17.3-inch FHD display, and GeForce GTX 970M graphics card.<\/p>\n

\"Asus<\/a><\/p>\n

MacBook Pro 15-inch with Retina display from the iStore \u2013 R41, 999<\/h3>\n

The Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch with Retina display features a 2.5GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 CPU, 16GB 1600MHz memory, and 512GB PCIe-flash storage.<\/p>\n

\"Makbook-Pro\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Written in collaboration with an article that originally appeared on MyBroadband<\/a> and is republished with permission.<\/h4>\n

Laptops for days<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The best laptops available in South Africa<\/a><\/p>\n

Absurdly powerful gaming laptops we desperately want<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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