2008/11/5 John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I am sorry if this has come up before, also about cross posting, but I
> havent been able to find anything about it, so wanted to as about it.
>
> I am a from the UK, and because of my laptop not being up to Ubuntu
> specs, I have been looking into buying a lap
Rob Beard wrote:
John wrote:
What about getting somebody to buy it for me as a gift, could I get
around import tax that way? I do have somebody who is willing to buy and
send one to me. I already have the transformer for other stuff I have
from the USA.
Well I haven'
Probably best to check just in case though :p
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Matt Jones wrote:
> > snip
> > I already have the transformer for other stuff I have from the USA
> >
> > Laptop's shouldn't need them. All of the power bricks I have ever seen
> >
Matt Jones wrote:
> snip
> I already have the transformer for other stuff I have from the USA
>
> Laptop's shouldn't need them. All of the power bricks I have ever seen
> are 110/240v, so you would just need to change the plug or buy the
> appropriate mains lead
>
Actually that didn't occur to
Andrew Oakley wrote:
> John wrote (about importing a laptop from the USA):
>> What about getting somebody to buy it for me as a gift,
>
> That's fine so long as you're happy using an American keyboard. Frankly
> that'd drive me nuts; the at-symbol where double-quotes should be, hash
> where the po
John wrote:
> What about getting somebody to buy it for me as a gift, could I get
> around import tax that way? I do have somebody who is willing to buy and
> send one to me. I already have the transformer for other stuff I have
> from the USA.
Well I haven't tried it myself, I believe it coul
On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 17:40 +, Matt Jones wrote:
> >
> > I'm sure as Ubuntu gains in popularity it will start
> > to get
> > pre-installed on some new machines. The problem at
> > the moment is that
> >
snip
I already have the transformer for other stuff I have from the USA
Laptop's shouldn't need them. All of the power bricks I have ever seen are
110/240v, so you would just need to change the plug or buy the appropriate
mains lead
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On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 5:27 PM, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Matt Jones wrote:
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> John wrote:
>> > I am sorry if this has come up before, also about cross posting, but I
>> > havent been able to find anything abou
John wrote (about importing a laptop from the USA):
>What about getting somebody to buy it for me as a gift,
That's fine so long as you're happy using an American keyboard. Frankly
that'd drive me nuts; the at-symbol where double-quotes should be, hash
where the pound sign should be, double-quotes
Matt Jones wrote:
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
John wrote:
> I am sorry if this has come up before, also about cross posting,
but I
> havent been able to find anything about it, so wanted to as about
it.
>
> I am a from the UK, and because of
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> John wrote:
> > I am sorry if this has come up before, also about cross posting, but I
> > havent been able to find anything about it, so wanted to as about it.
> >
> > I am a from the UK, and because of my laptop not being up
John wrote:
> I am sorry if this has come up before, also about cross posting, but I
> havent been able to find anything about it, so wanted to as about it.
>
> I am a from the UK, and because of my laptop not being up to Ubuntu
> specs, I have been looking into buying a laptop with ubuntu alrea
I am sorry if this has come up before, also about cross posting, but I
havent been able to find anything about it, so wanted to as about it.
I am a from the UK, and because of my laptop not being up to Ubuntu
specs, I have been looking into buying a laptop with ubuntu already
installed. I have
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