So I will be going to france on december 26th for 2 weeks. I've decided that I will blow away 2,399 euros on a new 15" 2.4ghz mbp. Lately I've been playing a lot of WoW on my macbook, but I kinda wish I could play it at max setttings and native resolutions, and get into pc gaming, like f.e.a.r., crysis, etc. I'm willing to look past the fact that I can't easily change the hard drive. I just have a couple of questions to all you frenchies and europeans.
- When I go to an apple store, and I want to upgrade to 4 gigs of ram, will they charge me the same amount as the online store?
- If I want the biggest hd, can they make the swap right away? How long does it usually take?
- Is the french keyboard any different than the US'?
- I'm guessing everything will come in french, but I can easily reinstall leopard in english right? (dumb question, i know i can)
- How about the magsafe adapter? I would need an international adapter to be able to use it in america right? Or can I just use my macbook's adapter? (probably not)
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Oh yeah, I love my macbook, the only thing I hate is the max volume of the speakers is not loud enough, sometimes I'd just rather not use headphones and don't have a set of speakers handy. Or I wanna show a video to a couple of friends at school and stuff but the speakers just dont cut it. The mbp speakers look much bigger and better placed, at least aurally... do they sound much better, crisper, louder, crappier?
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French keyboards in general have a different layout from the US... the letters are arranged differently... I would assume that MBPs in France use the typical French layout.
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France uses a ZWERTY keyboard layout instead of QWERTY, so letter arrangements are a bit different. It could be a bit distracting for typing.
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Andrew in the Apple forum! Its an apocalypse!
Jokes aside, I'll answer what I can more confidently answer.
There should be no problem regarding the language. You probably don't even need to reinstall; just select English when you first boot up your MBP and are setting it up.
And I don't know, but I don't think they do on-the-spot customizations. Best to ask someone who goes to Apple Stores more often(no Apple Store in Vancouver yet!
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Why not buy one from the U.S.A? The Euro against the Dollar is at its highest ever. Isn't there enough time to buy online?
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That's freaking expensive!
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You can't customize HD in store on spot but you can for ram.
BTW I think you will still save money if you get a US visa, then down lets say NY then grab a cab to apple store, then back to airport and fly to France. LOL. -
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If your buying from the apple store here in france you can customise the keyboard layout and choose a standard english layout ie QWERTY. You can also choose english install disk's etc. The hdd cannot be done instore, and not sure about memory, but you could probably do this yourself anyway.
Also many of the apple stores here are not "apple stores" but apple resellers, so this maybe another thing to keep in mind.
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I am sure Paris will have an Apple Store, and likely you will be able to get a QWERTY keyboard layout. One thing I would think about though is the next time you will be in the US. If it is in the 6 months or so, there may have been an update to the MBP. Plus for what you are going to pay you could get one with every single option and still be cheaper. Maybe it is time to visit that aunt of yours!
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so I'm afraid he could screw up getting exactly what I want. Because of our price problems, there are strict import rules in our country, so he needs to buy the laptop, and make it seem as if it was a personal computer he owned before going away, which means no unboxing for me
and he has to set it up... and try it as well, because if he brings it here and something doesnt work, then im screwed, no apple stores here.
I guess I have a lot to think eh? Unless maybe the 'geniuses' where he would buy it could open it and set it up for him, etc...
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No unboxing does suck, but you could get a killer machine for less money. And I am very sure the geniuses at the Apple Store will gladly get it up and running for him.
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Well if the 'geniuses' can set it up for him, then I think that's the way I'm gonna go. I could get a fully loaded mbp (getting the ram from somewhere else), and waiting til april will almost certainly guarantee I will get the penryn processors. I guess the macbook will suffice for wow gaming until then. I'm already at level 20 in 7 days :S I cant stop! help me!!!:cry:
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French vs. US mbp
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by 00fez, Nov 16, 2007.