HOW MUCH SHOULD I PAY FOR A LAPTOP IN GHANA

How much should you pay for a laptop in Ghana?

Tech adviser GH

There are not absolute prices in Ghana when trading in the local market. This is because Ghanaians mostly trade by negotiation, so it will be in the buyers’ interest to know the price range of what he’s buying so he’s not cheated. Other than that, he can be made to pay as much as twice or even trice the price of the product.

The same applies to buying a laptop in Ghana if you’re buying in the general market (i.e. not a registered dealer)

The price of a laptop is usually determined by its individual components. Thus its processor, hard drive, screen size, graphics card, etc. These things are what Ghanaians use in pricing laptops in Ghana.

The problem is sometimes you can pay twice the price of something if you don’t know its price range in the market. Many a time, people ask me what’s the price of this or that, sometimes its about laptops.. So I made this blog to try give a market price range of laptops in Ghana.(mind you this does not include Accra Mall prices,lol)

Here are a  few Terms I’ll be using:

Dual core: a computer has 2 processors

Quad core:  4 processors

Pre-owned (previously owned): used or second hand

These market Prices are for laptops with windows 7 or above, 250 to 500 gig hard drive and a normal graphics cards.

Type                                             price range (GHC)

One processor (1 Ghz- 1.2 Ghz)

New:                                                   500-800

Pre-owned:                                      about 500

Notebook computer

New:                                                 500- 800

Pre-owned                                       400 and less

Dual core (1.2 GHz-2.3 GHz):

New:                                                  800-1000

Pre-owned:                                       650 and less

Quad core (1.2 GHz-2.3 GHz):

New:                                                   950-1200

Pre-owned:                                       900 and less

Intel i3

New:                                                   1000 -1300

Pre-owned:                            about 1000 or less

Intel i5       

New:                                                     1400-1700

Pre-owned:                           about 1200 or less

Intel i7       

New:                                               1500 and over

Pre-owned:                             about 1300 or less

Mac book pro (i5):

New:                                       2400 to about 2700

Pre-owned:                                         about 1800

Mac book pro (i7)

New:                                        2700 to about 3100

Pre-owned:                                           about 2000

Mac book air

New:                                                   2500 to 2700

Pre-owned:                                           about 1900

These price ranges show the market prices of laptops in Ghana. So from these ranges you can draw your budget when you want to buy laptop in Ghanaian market. Of course, you may get it at a cheaper price or not, it all depends on your bargaining skill and the brand of laptop also. The more common that laptop is in Ghana, the less the price and vice versa.

Also Prices tend to be higher depending on:

·     If the laptop has a touch screen, movable screen or has a unique feature..

·     Where it was imported from and the brand

Hope this is useful.. My next post will be on what type (based on specs) of laptop to buy that meets your needs.

Thanks guys and please leave a comment and I’ll get back to you