04-09-2008, 09:51 AM

Hello - I'm living in Germany right now - about to head back to England (I'm American). I want to buy a MacBook to replace my second Toshiba Laptop that has crapped out on me while overseas. I have been told twice that its due to the power cable being constantly plugged into an adapter while I'm overseas apparenlty it causes the machine to heat up a bit.

So my concern is - will I have this ussue with a MacBook ? anybody on here have any experience with this. I've called apple in the Uk and they have told me that I can buy a power supply when I am in the Uk. Are they basically saying that I can buy the power cable in the country I'm in and plug it into my machine and the socket and I'm good to go ? Can one of the experts shed some light on this.

In all honesty I'm not familiar with MacBooks so I'm soaking up everything here I can read before I make my purchase.

Danke !!

04-09-2008, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by jennymac81

Hello - I'm living in Germany right now - about to head back to England (I'm American). I want to buy a MacBook to replace my second Toshiba Laptop that has crapped out on me while overseas. I have been told twice that its due to the power cable being constantly plugged into an adapter while I'm overseas apparenlty it causes the machine to heat up a bit.

So my concern is - will I have this ussue with a MacBook ? anybody on here have any experience with this. I've called apple in the Uk and they have told me that I can buy a power supply when I am in the Uk. Are they basically saying that I can buy the power cable in the country I'm in and plug it into my machine and the socket and I'm good to go ? Can one of the experts shed some light on this.

In all honesty I'm not familiar with MacBooks so I'm soaking up everything here I can read before I make my purchase.

Danke !!

I'm no expert, but - I have an american power brick for my iBook and I switch and change the attachments between the US plug and the UK plug (the bit that slides off) all the time and I've never had a problem with it, it's lasted around four years doing this, without any noticeable problems.