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Dear Members,
I am a new Mac user, or actually a wanna-be user at this point. I will make a trip to Hong Kong and Japan this coming september, and I want to buy 2 MacBooks. One for my wife, and one for me. As my wife is Japanese, we would prefer to get hers in Japan, and mine in Hong Kong.
Reason being is that its 20-30% cheaper than where we live currently, Hungary.
My wife would like to keep using Japanese as her input-language, and for me all I need is a decent English US preferably input.
My questions are the following. If I buy a Mac overseas, will the warranty reach to Hungary? We do have Mac locally here, just the prices are high.
As I have never had/used a Mac, dont know what to expect OS wise. Is it like WIndows, which comes in a local language everywhere? I would prefer not to get a Chinese version in HK, as I dont read/speak Chinese. Will I find one with English in HK? If not, can I reinstall the English version? How is Japan? Will it be Japanese? All my wife needs in Japanese input, OS is okay in English, but if its Japanese, no big deal.
How is the power adapter? Can I just change the cable part like I am doing now, and keep the adapter? I assume it works on 100-240V range as well as regular PCs.
This is it for a starter, I am really looking forward to the change. I have currently a Vaio TR3/SP Japanese version, and the MacBook is very similar in style. I use the Vaio with Linux, so I guess the change for me will not be as shocking as for my Windows user wife
Thanks for all responses,
Ben
I am a new Mac user, or actually a wanna-be user at this point. I will make a trip to Hong Kong and Japan this coming september, and I want to buy 2 MacBooks. One for my wife, and one for me. As my wife is Japanese, we would prefer to get hers in Japan, and mine in Hong Kong.
Reason being is that its 20-30% cheaper than where we live currently, Hungary.
My wife would like to keep using Japanese as her input-language, and for me all I need is a decent English US preferably input.
My questions are the following. If I buy a Mac overseas, will the warranty reach to Hungary? We do have Mac locally here, just the prices are high.
As I have never had/used a Mac, dont know what to expect OS wise. Is it like WIndows, which comes in a local language everywhere? I would prefer not to get a Chinese version in HK, as I dont read/speak Chinese. Will I find one with English in HK? If not, can I reinstall the English version? How is Japan? Will it be Japanese? All my wife needs in Japanese input, OS is okay in English, but if its Japanese, no big deal.
How is the power adapter? Can I just change the cable part like I am doing now, and keep the adapter? I assume it works on 100-240V range as well as regular PCs.
This is it for a starter, I am really looking forward to the change. I have currently a Vaio TR3/SP Japanese version, and the MacBook is very similar in style. I use the Vaio with Linux, so I guess the change for me will not be as shocking as for my Windows user wife
Thanks for all responses,
Ben