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4. Game consoles and games are very expensive and thus not very popular in Israel. So all the kids need a computer in order to get their video game fix.

5. There isn't much poverty in Israel.

It would probably be very difficult to find a household in Israel that doesn't have a computer. (Not counting old people who don't know what a computer is)

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I didn't think about #4 - good point.

All in all, I think the amazing gap (%50) between Israel and the next nation probably also stems from the high proportion of technology companies in Israel. All these companies that go through laptops and dev machines at high cycles must make a big difference.

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