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Buying a laptop from Amazon.de

  • 06-04-2015 08:04PM
    #1
    balfe1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 507 ✭✭✭


    Hi.

    I have a stupid question.

    Because the euro is doing so poorly, I decided to look at computers on Amazon.de instead of .co.uk

    There's a nice Lenovo Y50 there for about a grand. In euro, obviously.

    Firstly, is that a good price?

    Secondly, will the laptop be in German when I boot for the first time/will the keyboard be different?

    Thirdly, and lastly, could I get that shipped here for a reasonable price?

    Thank you!


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  • #2
    Cool_CM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,000 ✭✭✭Cool_CM


    balfe1990 wrote: »
    Hi.

    I have a stupid question.

    Because the euro is doing so poorly, I decided to look at computers on Amazon.de instead of .co.uk

    There's a nice Lenovo Y50 there for about a grand. In euro, obviously.

    Firstly, is that a good price?

    Secondly, will the laptop be in German when I boot for the first time/will the keyboard be different?

    Thirdly, and lastly, could I get that shipped here for a reasonable price?

    Thank you!

    They keyboard will be slightly different (y and z keys swap places and lots of punctuation keys change place to make way for vowels with umlauts. The major one that annoys people a lot is that to get @, you have to use 'alt gr + q').
    Google qwertz or German keyboard and it should show you the layout.

    Generally you there is the option to set it up in English when you turn it on, but it depends on the version of Windows it is running.


  • #3
    balfe1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 507 ✭✭✭balfe1990


    Cool_CM wrote: »
    They keyboard will be slightly different (y and z keys swap places and lots of punctuation keys change place to make way for vowels with umlauts. The major one that annoys people a lot is that to get @, you have to use 'alt gr + q').
    Google qwertz or German keyboard and it should show you the layout.

    I actually think that would annoy me too much. Big reason to avoid.

    Where's the best place to buy a good laptop without getting boned by exchange rates?


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