Hardware shopping

...time, they'd give "This is faster" or "this brand is cheaper". What, really? ): If that were so easy, why isn't everybody doing this? My brother got a somewhat low-mid-end computer set at RM3000+, while all this time, I've been asking around, a mid-high-end computer set costs at most RM2600. Are prices dropping drastically, or is there a trick to all these? Hmmm. So many questions. On side note...