laptop from Dubai/Seychelles

flogen

I have relatives travelling to Seychelles and stopping off in Dubai on the way back and they mentioned to me that they could pick up a laptop for me while over there if I was interested...

I'm just wondering if it would be worth my while to get something either from the country or even via duty free; I'd be thinking of a macbook or mbpro.

Does anyone know what kind of price they go for over there and what kind of savings you'd make with Duty Free? Is there any way I can find out before they travel over so I can see if I can afford it??

Thanks

Spipov

id say go for dubai. seychelles is a small island (well many really) and they dont have a huge market for laptops, so dont import a lot (small population, 3rd world[or developing - im not being political or trying to undermine this lovely tropical destionation] country etc etc). you wont get much of a choice in seychelles if im not mistaken.

as for dubai, do they sell apple things?

Tom Dunne

There are many things you have to be aware of before buying outside of Ireland (and the UK for that matter).

Firstly, what language will Windows be in? I don't know how good your Arabic is, but I sure as hell wouldn't be any good at it

Secondly, keyboard layout - is it English/US? Or Arabic?

Thirdly, are you willing to take the risk on a warranty? What happens if the laptop is DOA? Or develops a fault down the road?

Power should be fine, as 99.9% of laptops come with dual supplies these days.

You most likely will pick up a bargain, but just be aware of the above items before you commit.

irlrobins

Friend of mine got a laptop via Dubai as a present. Has english characters on keyboard as well as arabic. A lil confusing at first glance but apart from that it seems grand. It's a HP model btw.

flogen

Thanks for all the tips etc.
I can deal with arabic characters on the keyboard once the english ones are present too.
Does anyone know if you can get Apple in Dubai (I saw something on a google search about an apple store being opened there, not sure if it happened or not) and if so what kind of price difference is there with duty free?
In general how much do you tend to save comparing the Irish price to the Dubai Duty Free price (perhaps in percentage)??

Cheers

jimmycrackcorm

Don't buy in Dubai airport (i.e. if you are just taking a connecting flight). The airport is not really cheaper.

TempestSabre

jimmycrackcorm wrote:

Don't buy in Dubai airport (i.e. if you are just taking a connecting flight). The airport is not really cheaper.

I thought that aswell.

Check that it has an international warranty.