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Why do you feel poor when all prices are high in dollars, usually they are at the same price in Euro, which currently is about 1.4 dollars.
So you pay $300 for a laptop, Europeans pay € 300 (= $450) for the same laptop.
HP TX2500 is available for $ 700-800, European price € 1000 (=$1400).
Software is even worse.
Microsoft Onenote is available for $ 75 if you look for it (that would be € 50) but is only available in Europe for € 125, which would be about $ 175 when converted. And we're talking about a downloadable piece of software in the English language. So there are no additional distribution costs, no additional translation costs...well you get the idea. So I understand how difficult it must be to have a currency that has devaluated quite a lot, but it's not as bad as it may seem.