Solutions to face the high cost of computers in Egypt

Thousands of treatments, solid tablets, sound cards, and other parts of the internal and external computers appear, are stacked in the windows of stores at the Al -Bustan Commercial Center in Cairo.

Within these stores, young people were involved in repairing or maintaining different computers using these parts, some of which are dust, with a degree that you do not feel that they will work.But visitors to this center tell you the opposite.

A twenty -year -old man named Mina says that all faults are not difficult for those here and described himself as a "refugee" in this place and knows all of them and their capabilities of the many things he dealt with..

Another young man named Mohamed Mustafa also comes to "collect" the computer, and he says that he prefers to buy memory parts, therapist and others to build a device according to his requirements..

When asked about the reason not to purchase a new computer, the two young men were similar, whether in terms of savings or obtaining capabilities on request.

Mustafa added that this option is useful in the event of purchasing a laptop or laptop, saying, "It is stupid to buy a new laptop while the importer is much cheaper.".

Ahmed Kamel, a maintenance engineer in one of Al -Bustan Center stores, explained that many buy used computers from abroad between two and four years old and sell them in Egypt at about half of the new price. It has a popular market among people due to the high prices of the new.

"I would like to say that it is cleaner than the new," he added, explaining that the manufacturing specifications for the importer are more tolerant compared to the new one that comes to us..This talk may be frustrated to some.

Less than one kilometer, Lenovo was launching a new line of games for the games under the name LEGION, which was approved as a Selbi requesting a large segment of computer users..

Ola Al -Deeb, director of the Lenovo Egypt office, said that her company is targeting young people and students who work during the day and play with video games in the evening, especially with the increasing demand for this gaming lapttops or computers for games.

After the consumer preferred a large office computer for the purpose of games, the idea of freedom of mobility in the device has become acquired by many."We provide devices with batteries that last for nearly ten hours," Al -Deeb added..

But will Lenovo and its competitors succeed, such as Eser, Del, and HP, in marketing these expensive products in a market in which the growth of sales of perennials is clearly affected..

Kamel believes that the laptop can also collect and develop its capabilities from stores except for some pieces and components that cannot be replaced.But it is still insisting on the point of the price difference and the innocence of new products compared to the imported importer.

For his part, Eng. Hazem Safi Al -Din, who works in the field of construction, says that he prefers the imported mobile computer used with the most solid specifications in relation to his hard work field, which often requires the laptop to take the sites to the sites..

As for Khaled Nour El -Din, CEO of the Compressor Company, he sees that the laptop market will continue to prosper in Egypt, especially with an increase in the need for such computers, whether to work or for entertainment.

Nour El -Din says that most of our companies from the companies are buying the laptop as an alternative to the non -mobile computer, which imposes you geographical commitment not only to the building but also in a specific room inside this building.

In turn, Sherif Hashem, director of Mind Media and Technology Company, believes that many buy the Gaming Laptop to use his high specifications in their business and gave an example of his field and his specialized company in advertising and advertising.