'cheating' Apple

[demonmagus]

haha, we may be getting one of our american friends to brink back a powerbook (new intel) when they come over to visit! wooooot saving cash!

 

[smithrc]

haha, we may be getting one of our american friends to brink back a powerbook (new intel) when they come over to visit! wooooot saving cash!

get them to post the packaging and manuals etc over - and bring the laptop in like its used... or they will be stopped and taxed...

I had to to this with my camera equipment i bought back a few years back... after being quized about some stuff the time before

 

[demonmagus]

awesome,thanks for the tips

 

[jarmado]

american keyboard with no £ sign?

 

[demonmagus]

ah well, its only a little sacrifice tbh,

 

[jarmado]

how much are you saving?

 

[smithrc]

I've been using a US laptop for 6 years now

£ £ £ £

its on the 3 key... but I've never been able to find the hash key.

# oh there it is... thats right its the back slash that i cant find...

 

[nmonks]

I bought my G4 PowerBook while living in the US, and learned to my delight that the AppleCare coverage works fine in the UK. (AppleCare on things like iMacs doesn't, just portables and, bizarrely, Mac Minis.) Since AppleCare is about 33% cheaper in the US than here, it's definitely worth considering.

Fixing desktop Macs (or PCs for that matter) is a doddle, but laptops can be tricky and expensive. Because laptops are exposed to more stress than desktop computers, they also tend to be more fault prone, regardless of the quality of the machine. If you use a laptop a lot, or as your sole computer, then the AppleCare coverage is, in my opinion, very worthwhile. Replacing something like a faulty hinge or LCD can cost many times more than the coverage if you try and do the job privately.

I got a MacBook Pro last week, and I have to say, it's a lovely machine. Speed is a bit indifferent when running PowerPC code, especially on anything that "number crunches" (e.g., SimCity). But when it is running Intel-optimised software like Freeway Pro, or the operating system for that matter, it really flies like a rocket.

The remote control is a thing of joy, too!

Cheers,

Neale

(PS. Replacing a US with a UK keyboard is usually cheap and easy; not done it on a MacBook, but on other PowerBooks it was easy to do and when I last bought one, a UK PowerBook keyboard cost about £35.)

 

[smurfyy_2k3]

I've been using a US laptop for 6 years now

£ £ £ £

its on the 3 key... but I've never been able to find the hash key.

# oh there it is... thats right its the back slash that i cant find...

its over by the left shift key if you have it setup like and english keyboard

 

[jarmado]

how much are you saving?

ah well...
no point asking...
as long as you save some money and keep on supporting US business/industry instead of the UK's, all is well..

 

[Ginge]

Get them to bring a couple/few back tax free if possible and sell some for a bit of a profit.

 

[demonmagus]

thats actually a good idea lol

 

[smithrc]

I've been using a US laptop for 6 years now

£ £ £ £

its on the 3 key... but I've never been able to find the hash key.

# oh there it is... thats right its the back slash that i cant find...

its over by the left shift key if you have it setup like and english keyboard

mines goes straight from shift to z...

 

[smurfyy_2k3]

ugh that must be horrible

 

[demonmagus]

ugh that must be horrible

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