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Originally Posted by Hype.it Actually, if you really like to buy Powerbook and PowerMacs may i suggest Hong Kong. It's completely Tax free here.
Currently as i type the exchange rate for UK£ to HK$ is £1 = $14.3
The typical cost for a PowerBook 15 with SuperDrive is HK$14999 |
I did the math and you'd save about £150 by buying the laptop in Hong Kong as opposed to the UK, but then there's the issue of having a Chinese keyboard. Europeans purchasing in the US will at least have a western keyboard, although dollar and cent symbols will be in place of the euro and pound ones. I believe some other differences symbol and layout-wise exist as well. Nothing major though. The keys can be replaced with localized ones, but not for free, and after considering all this it might be easier to just buy the laptop in your home country. For iPods though all that really matters is the interface, which can easily be changed. As an added incentive, US and Asian iPods can get much louder than European-sold models, which limit the maximum volume in order to comply with safety requirements for handheld devices in France.