Dell XPS Services and Input Voltage

I want to buy a laptop (XPS series) from Dell in USA, but sometimes I need to use it in Spain and Dubai. Does it have warranty and technical support in these countries?
As you know, in Europe and Asia the input voltage of home electricity is 220V; can I use this product with this voltage?
I am looking forward to receiving your response.

Arash

 

Well, even if you could (which I'm fairly certain you can't...I don't think the converter handles that voltage) you'd still need to convert the US-style power socket to the european style. However, they have converters to convert 220V to the 110V US standard.

 

I have the socket converter but could AC adopter support voltages from 100 up to 240V(automatically and/or manually)?

 

I doubt it. Unless there's actually a switch on there I wouldn't risk it. The label on the AC adapter should tell you what voltages it accepts. Most (if not all) desktop power supplies have a switch...if they could detect the voltage automatically without doing any damage, the switch probably wouldn't exist.

 

It's automatic. ALMOST all (can't say all) laptop power supplies are auto switching from 110v to 220v. One thing I would be weary about, is the prong adapters. We did a conference for the International Whaling Commission about a year ago. And we had about 5 laptops get fried due to the prong adapter (5 out of 50 so not horrible).

 

Thanks for the information, Tusin. Like Jini, I've purchased a Dell XPS M1730 in North America (well, I assume he bought it by now!) and plan to travel to Great Britain with it.

I can see on the adapter that it does indeed say "110 - 240V", which leads me to believe that it CAN auto-switch voltages. But what's this about the 3-prong?

What kind of prongs do they have in Great Britain? And could you then simply buy an adapter (from DELL?) to replace the part of the cable that plugs into the electrical outlet?