audio Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 I am trying to buy a UK spec. laptop. As I understand, French PC's are not only more expensive, they also come with a French operating system which possibly cannot be changed to English. Dell used to ship to France but now need a UK billing address, which I expect means that the 1 year warranty collect and return from France will not apply. Does anyone know of a company that will supply to France?Toshiba, HP and Acer will not ship here.Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/1398548/ShowPost.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boiling a frog Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 If you phone Dell France you can order and have delivered a computer with QWERTY keyboard and english operating system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 If you get Vista, you can select English as your language anyway. And it's not hard getting used to the AZERTY keyboard. The only downside to AZERTY is the fact it's a pain in the bum to use numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Are they really more expensive in France or is it the fall in the pound that has not yet worked through the system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audio Posted November 11, 2008 Author Share Posted November 11, 2008 Thank you for your replies. I phoned Dell today, they will not deliver to France without a UK billing address.I did order from Dell some years ago, but now the rules have changed as above.You can change the Windows to English but only if you have the Vista Ultimate version (very expensive, talked about elsewhere on this forum)Pc's are definitely more expensive in France, especially if you are receiving your pension etc in £s from the UK.Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Try this lady at Dell.Isha SinghalSr Sales ExpertDHS CONSUMER SALES0870-907-5128 extn.74206Fax-0870-353-1312isha_singhal@dell.comShe sold me my laptop a year ago and almost sold another to us earlier this year. Everyone else at Dell says no, this lady says yes. Note that shipping will be around £80. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boiling a frog Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 [quote user="audio"]Thank you for your replies. I phoned Dell today, they will not deliver to France without a UK billing address. I did order from Dell some years ago, but now the rules have changed as above. You can change the Windows to English but only if you have the Vista Ultimate version (very expensive, talked about elsewhere on this forum) Pc's are definitely more expensive in France, especially if you are receiving your pension etc in £s from the UK.Regards.[/quote] I did say phone dell france not dell UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audio Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 Yes thank you Boiling a Frog, you did say phone dell france not dell UK.but the cost of the most basic laptop is 80 Euros more here, at present times, for me, that is a lot more to pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audio Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 LyndaandRichard, Thank you very much about the information Re: Isha at Dell, yes she will ship to France but now the cost is down to £20RegardsAudio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maricopa Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 [quote user="LyndaandRichard"]The only downside to AZERTY is the fact it's a pain in the bum to use numbers.[/quote]Unless you use the number pad to the right?[geek] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Âme Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 [quote user="Maricopa"]Unless you use the number pad to the right?[geek][/quote] But there isn't a dedicated number pad on most laptops, it's a fandangle of function keys to change some letters to numbers... I'm tempted by this rather nifty travel set including a separate number pad from France Telecom, comes some extra USB slots so you can plug in all the hardware. Windows sets the keyboard to function as AZERTY or QUERTY, it doesn't matter what's printed on the keys. You can get a set of stickers (the RNIB do large print ones [I]) to convert a keyboard if you don't touch type.I'm interested to know whether others have battery problems when they take a French laptop to the UK or vice versa. My (FR) battery doesn't charge properly in the UK, but is fine in France & Spain. I wonder if there's something different about the "box" on the cable, anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maricopa Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 [quote user="âme"]But there isn't a dedicated number pad on most laptops,[/quote]But the OP was talking about a PC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert the InfoGipsy Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 They're all PCs. It just stands for 'Personal Computer' The UK Personal Computer World magazine was in print about 5 years before IBM brought out the 'IBM PC'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Cheap as chipsNumeric Keypad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maricopa Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 [quote user="Albert the InfoGipsy"]They're all PCs. It just stands for 'Personal Computer' .[/quote]You are of course quite correct ATIG. I prefer to use the term PC to refer to a tower (say) containing the CPU, drives etc, a screen and a keyboard, as opposed to a self-contained unit like a Laptop (sorry, yes I know they are not called that anymore).[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 [quote user="Bugbear"]Cheap as chipsNumeric Keypad[/quote]We bought one of those. You have to turn num lock on in order to use it. Which means the uiopjklm keys become numbers too. Can be quite tricky to use.Audio. Glad Isha could help you and fantastic price on shipping too Good news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Âme Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Interesting, L&R. The keypad wouldn't be much use to me. It seems easier just to stick capslock on & use the top row figures. I suppose it depends how long your accounts are [:)]BTW thx for the Dell contact. I've noted it for when this one slips off the wireless coil. Much obliged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audio Posted November 14, 2008 Author Share Posted November 14, 2008 I just found out one problem before ordering with Isha at Dell UK. The unit will only be guaranteed in the UK and is not covered by European warranty. The quote did say collect and return to base- but this is not the case, unless one undertakes an international warranty option at £109 extra. Worth thinking about as my last laptop had to be shipped back to the UK TWICE in the first 2 weeks of ownership at my expense-not cheap when you add insurance and return carriage costs[:$] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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