Anyone bought a laptop in the US ?

Dont know if this has been asked before but I'm going to the states later in the year and was wondering if there are any advantages to buying out there as opposed to here ?
Thanks
Stew

Price usually.

yeah had a quick look and i5 machines are going for the same sort of price as UK i3 ones

Used to be about half the price, our currency devaluation wasn't all good.

[SoulKiss]

Keyboard will be US layout, Warranty may be a problem if it goes wrong, you will probably still be covered but may have to pay shipping to and from the US.

Not really worth it in my opinion

Also power lead will need an adaptor and wifi may not accept routers using the higher channels (12 and 13)

So maybe not such a good idea then ?

[jonny.boyd]

As far as I know if your buying Apple then items bought in the USA can still be fixed under warranty in the UK. It seems to be an international warranty - probably best to dig a bit deeper into this / ask apple just to be sure.

I know at the moment you buy an iPad 2 in the US and save around £100 on the UK RRP... pretty good saving if you've already got a trip planned!

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

Keyboard will be US layout, Warranty may be a problem if it goes wrong, you will probably still be covered but may have to pay shipping to and from the US.

Not really worth it in my opinion

This. It was worth it when it was 2 dollars to the pound and buying an Powerbook paid for your air tickets. These days, as SK says, the downsides pretty much outweigh the pros

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

Keyboard will be US layout, Warranty may be a problem if it goes wrong, you will probably still be covered but may have to pay shipping to and from the US.

Not really worth it in my opinion

Originally Posted by DJFridge

This. It was worth it when it was 2 dollars to the pound and buying an Powerbook paid for your air tickets. These days, as SK says, the downsides pretty much outweigh the pros

A bit of a fuller explanation - was on my phone waiting for Takeaway food to be prepared.

You may buy the same model, or at least it looks the same, says the same on the box but whats inside may be different. As mentioned, Wi-Fi standards vary world wide for one.

Hence why warranties might not be able to be serviced over here.

Then when you want to write an email and have to hit shift-2 to get @ instead of " and have nowhere to easily get a £

The power thing is actually one place that you WONT have an issue that £5 or so wouldnt fix - most power bricks have a Figure 8 (like a radio) or a Cloverleaf (Figure 8 with an extra pin) which has a lead that connects to the wall socket - that is easily fixed.