Computers

Jake · Post by **Jake** » Fri May 27, 2005 7:52 am

Does anyone know where the cheapest place to buy a good laptop would be? Am I best going to Worten/Vobis etc. or are there other places cheaper? Does anyone know if they are cheaper in Spain?

Thanks
J

iane · Post by **iane** » Fri May 27, 2005 11:23 am

I have trawled around quite a lot in this area and dont see any real advantage anywhere over Vobis/Worten - you can get an idea of the Spanish market by looking at www.pccity.es (the Dixons Spanish outfit - the nearest store is Cadiz !) and make your own call but Cadiz seems a long way to go to perhaps save only a few Euros if any.

My own setup is a mix of UK and Portuguese bought kit (the UK stuff came out with us) and the locally bought stuff was no dearer than UK and some of it cheaper - I just looked for the special offers.

iane · Post by **iane** » Fri May 27, 2005 11:27 am

Another thought on this is an outfit called chipsite who have a shop in Lagos - could be worth a look - they seem to be competitive on some things.

Of course another advantage of a local purchase is the benefit of the local superb after sales service

malrc · Post by **malrc** » Fri May 27, 2005 2:57 pm

Jake
Have you thought about buying one from Dell by mail order. Their Notebook range for Portugal is limited to their Latitude range but you can customise it to what you need and their prices seem comparable in Portugal to the UK. In fact you could spec it out on the UK site and then go to the Portugal site to check before ordering.
I bought an Inspiron notebook from them about 3 years ago and have been pleased with both the product and aftersales service even though their call centre is in India.
Their web site is
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/defau ... l=en&s=gen
and you can move between countries via the top left box.
Good luck
Malcolm

digger · Post by **digger** » Fri May 27, 2005 5:56 pm

I think I’m right in saying that if you bought an off-the-shelf pc from a place like Worten the operating system (XP home edition?) would be in portuguese?
Don’t know about you …. But I’d rather my computer headaches in English

…and the keyboard??

Jake · Post by **Jake** » Fri May 27, 2005 10:05 pm

Thanks for the advice everyone, have checked out all the options.

I wouldn't want my Windows in Portuguese. Apparently they can change it - Vobis said it would cost me and extra €38 for this service. I would have thought there must be some way of doing it yourself but I have no idea how. No idea about the keyboard either - is a Portuguese one different?

J

Jake · Post by **Jake** » Fri May 27, 2005 10:37 pm

And one more question - is there anywhere in the UK that will ship a laptop to Portugal does anyone know - in case I can't find what I'm looking for here??

Cheers
J