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Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / February 2004Buying in the US for thhe UK
Given the current exchange rate, I'm sure that this question has been asked before - so please forgive me if it has BUT: Are there any problems using ibooks purchased in the US in the UK? Has anyone any experience that they can share on this topic? I have come across an on-line shop called smalldogs - has anyone any experience of using this site? Any feedback would be gratefully received On 2/26/04 10:40 AM, in article 0so%b.8977$IW1.7413@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk, "x x" <x@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > Given the current exchange rate, I'm sure that this question has been asked > before - so please forgive me if it has BUT: [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Any feedback would be gratefully received I've used smalldog.com a few times and their service has been excellent. No problems with either their new gear or refurbished. x x: > Given the current exchange rate, I'm sure that this question has been asked > before - so please forgive me if it has BUT: > Are there any problems using ibooks purchased in the US in the UK? Has > anyone any experience that they can share on this topic? You might not like some of the spellings that you run into at various places in the OS. We can't spell "colour," neighbour," and similar. > I have come across an on-line shop called smalldogs - has anyone any > experience of using this site? SmallDog.com has an excellent reputation. Also macwarehouse, macconnection, and Other World <http://eshop.macsales.com/>. Davoud  Signatureusenet *at* davidillig dawt com > Given the current exchange rate, I'm sure that this question has been asked > before - so please forgive me if it has BUT: > > Are there any problems using ibooks purchased in the US in the UK? Has > anyone any experience that they can share on this topic? One thing that you need to be aware of is that European and U.S. Airport cards are set for different channel ranges (frequencies), so that if you mix and match equipment from different sides of the pond, so to speak, you may have difficulty finding a channel that both the base station and the iBook are able to use. My brother in law had this problem with a Powerbook purchased in the U.S. and a Linksys base station purchased in France. He was able to eventually get it to work, but only after exhaustively trying all the available frequencies available in the Linksys. Kurt L. >>Given the current exchange rate, I'm sure that this question has been asked >>before - so please forgive me if it has BUT: [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > work, but only after exhaustively trying all the available frequencies > available in the Linksys. I have no problem with my powerbook(US) and my Airport Extreme base station(UK). In fact i've never had a problem connecting to any European wi-fi networks at hotels/coffee shops. Your brother-inlaw must have had a different proble. Simon. > >>Given the current exchange rate, I'm sure that this question has been asked > >>before - so please forgive me if it has BUT: [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > wi-fi networks at hotels/coffee shops. Your brother-inlaw must have had > a different proble. Whatever the problem of the other person, the overlap between US and European channels is not complete. There are channels available here that are not available in Europe and vice-versa. Obviously, this does not mean that such equipment won't inter-operate, but that it might not, depending upon what settings are chosen. In the same manner, it is quite possible that your US equipment could be illegally transmitting if you take it somewhere else. Again, this may not be relevant, depending upon your settings and your attitude towards doing such things. > I have no problem with my powerbook(US) and my Airport Extreme base > station(UK). In fact i've never had a problem connecting to any European > wi-fi networks at hotels/coffee shops. Your brother-inlaw must have had > a different proble. Doubt it. Until recently, IIRC, French Wifi users could only legally use a small number of frequencies (because the others were reserved for use for other things), rather than the usual 11 or 13 or whatever it is. Similarly frequencies available may be just as restricted in other countries -- it is quite possible that this excluded an usable freqencies for connecting French and US equipment together. I think however this french restriction has now been relaxed and a firmware update should allow you to use additional frequencies: actually I'm not so sure this should be necessary, my access point allows you to tell it where it is located and it will automatically use only those that are allowed. Oh well. SignatureCheers, Chris Howells -- chris@chrishowells.co.uk, howells@kde.org Web: http://chrishowells.co.uk, PGP ID: 0x33795A2C KDE/Qt/C++/PHP Developer: http://www.kde.org > Any feedback would be gratefully received Some things you might want to consider: a) potentially extortionate shipping costs b) many shops refuse to ship to the UK anyway c) you will more than likely have to pay British VAT at 17.5% when it comes in the country (i guess if you're lucky and in business you may be able to claim it as a business expense to get the VAT back, though don't know how successful you'd be) d) warranty: dunno about apples, but many things in the US don't even seem to come with a years warranty, let alone the problems with claiming on a warranty when in a different country e) different keyboard :) not a problem if you're a touch typer like me, but the minor differences could cause annoyance f) lack of consumer protection compared to what you might get if you buy using a credit card in the UK g) probably other things i've forgotten In the past I think i managed to calculate that it would be cheaper to travel to the US personally and buy the goods yourself on a mini "holiday" -- I guess in theory you should admit to this as you pass through customs but I don't ever recall seeing anybody doing this :D SignatureCheers, Chris Howells -- chris@chrishowells.co.uk, howells@kde.org Web: http://chrishowells.co.uk, PGP ID: 0x33795A2C KDE/Qt/C++/PHP Developer: http://www.kde.org |
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