Gitex 2006

The local newspapers claim that Gitex is the third largest exhibition of its kind (whatever kind that is) in the world. I try to go every year, and every year I’m amazed by something.

This year it’s colour laser printers—the price of colour laser printers, for the last year, has followed the Dubai Financial Market—straight down.

Colour laser printers were about $1,000 at last year’s Gitex. This year, they are about $300. I tried to ask about cost per page for the cheaper lasers, but no one at Gitex seemed to have an answer. So maybe they're giving away the printers to sell the cartridges, like they've been doing with ink-jet printers.