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jankipindo

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Posted: Aug 27, 2004 - 09:24 PM
Post subject: Buying a Mac in SH????

Coming to SH soon. What is the advice; buying a Mac (Ibook) in SH or better do it in Europe? Any advice welcome.
Jan

yuyu

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Posted: Aug 27, 2004 - 09:46 PM

buy it in shanghai...

jankipindo

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Posted: Aug 27, 2004 - 09:49 PM

any reason?

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Posted: Aug 27, 2004 - 09:53 PM

hi jan

. i suggest you buy it in europe..and check your guarantees etc. if you want to upgrade, do it there too... i've yet to see an apple centre here and whatever the case is, the people do not speak english so you may have difficulty whilst purchasing..

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Posted: Aug 27, 2004 - 10:00 PM

Though it is made in China, the price here is not the cheapest. Get all the upgrades fully loaded, and yes, check your warranty to make sure includes China. Software, however, you can probably get it for almost to nothing if you know the right channel.

jankipindo

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Posted: Aug 27, 2004 - 10:00 PM

I have a G4:Dualprocessor, but I'm afraid to ship. I know from Apple there is a applecentre in SH. (I don't have the adres right here, sorry). But should't it be much cheaper in SH, as in Eu. those wondermachines are expensive

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Posted: Aug 27, 2004 - 10:41 PM

yes...there's an Apple Expert Centre near People square. Have seen it last weekend. For the prices you can 'make' them a little more expensiver than the Apple Hongkong STore, but even less expensive than in germany for instance. Of course you have to deal with an english keyboard Smile

jankipindo

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Posted: Aug 27, 2004 - 10:47 PM

Thanks for the info.I'll think I'll buy the Mac in SH.

cheers
Jan

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Posted: Aug 27, 2004 - 10:56 PM

maybe we can buy them together to get some more cheaper price Smile

i'm a little bit undecided between an simple 12" ibook or the 12" PB, i travel a lot between office, app and meetings. So maybe a cheaper one is better and waiting until the G5 will come to the notebooks...

happy buying,
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jankipindo

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Posted: Aug 27, 2004 - 11:02 PM

I arive in SH on the 17th of sept. Start to work on the 1st of October. Will be proabably get first pay on the 1st of nov. Can you wait until then? (I will be teaching design at Lasalle)
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Posted: Aug 27, 2004 - 11:03 PM

the only problem you can get is by taking the ibook aut of the country (Taxquestion)

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Posted: Aug 27, 2004 - 11:07 PM

I'll stay for at least two years. I'mhoping to stay longer. by then the Ibook should be oldfashion. I could resell it as antique. Very Happy

Now I'm going to sleep
cheers

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Posted: Aug 28, 2004 - 08:40 PM

last week i saw this appleshop somewhere, but coudln't remember the place...
all i found was this website, maybe anyone cann tell me the english adress ?

http://www.elesson.com.cn/ads/liangyu/index.htm

Victorian

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Posted: Aug 29, 2004 - 01:59 AM

There is a Apple Centre at the computer mall on Huaihai Road/Huangpinan Road, it's on the street level at the back of the building facing a park/Yanan Elevated Highway.

I've got my ibook at HK$ 10,300 in Hong Kong Feb this year. I think it's cheaper than Shanghai and if the margin is big enough, you can even consider taking a weekend trip there to buy it and have a holiday at the same time.

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Posted: Sep 20, 2004 - 09:10 PM

I am coming to Shanghai as well this weekend. Just as a holiday though. I too plan to buy an ibook 12.1". I don't think customs should be a problem. As long as you travel with the laptop just in your hand luggage, there shouldn't be a problem. In England such a laptop costs between 700 and 800 GBP, and england always rips off it's customers, with everything, even their own products! So I hope it will be cheaper in Shanghai. What's the price I should count on?

wehmeyer

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Posted: Sep 22, 2004 - 02:51 PM

hi...i made some comparisons about prices:

12" PB with Superdrive and 512 MB in SHA 18700 and 16390 in HK
15" PB with Superdrive and 512 MB in SHA 24900 and 20770 in HK
12" iBook with airport and 512 MB in SHA 12800 and 10490 in HK
all prices in RMB

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Posted: Sep 22, 2004 - 04:39 PM

Thanks for that! I'm still thinking if I should get an ibook or a powerbook. I know there are some differences. My main concern is to be able to upgrade memory, as processors cannot be upgarded, and you have to open up the laptop to upgrade the dvd/cd-drive or the harddrive.
I don't think I can be bothered, especially if the ibook can be fitted with a superdrive.
What I do wonder, is do they give you a full software suite in Shanghai? A friend of mine bought his PB17" somewhere in asia, I think singapore or Thailand, and he got a whole host of software with it. I want to have Photoshop CS, as that is one of the main applications I use. If they don't, can I get cheap Apple software in Shanghai, or do I pay premium prices?
thanks guys!

wehmeyer

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Posted: Sep 22, 2004 - 08:29 PM

hi ksporry,

for longterm running better get an PB, cause its not possible to get an dvd/Cd upgrade for the ibook ( if yes its very expensive), so pay a little more at the beginning and have more fun. Even if you think you don't need Superdrive or bluetooth, get it. You don't know if you want to burn DVD's on the fly somewhere in China; if you than have it not installed, you will be getting angry about yourself.

For software you only get the systemssoftware and stuff like iphoto, itunes, idvd...but i think you can get software yery cheap in SHA or over other channels like...

maxime_makeximu

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Posted: Sep 30, 2004 - 12:21 AM

Hi,

I also want to buy a mac in shanghai, a pb 17;
Do you still want to buy it in group to get a discount ?

I am also wondering about going to HongKong to have my pb cheaper and to travel a little bit !

I have also discovered that on this website, it's possible to get a mac bought in Hongkong and shipped to Shanghai; http://dgclub.com/
Anyone have tried ?

wehmeyer

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Posted: Oct 01, 2004 - 06:05 PM

hi m_m

yes,,, i still want to buy one; a 12"PB superdrive
i don't know about discounts, but think that would not make much.

will do it in one or two weeks, just need to find out about the best apple shop to buy in SHA, one who is able to understand english Smile

Victorian

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Posted: Oct 02, 2004 - 12:03 AM

Check out the new iMac as well, very good money for value, it comes with G5!!!

maxime_makeximu

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Posted: Oct 08, 2004 - 10:21 AM

yes, I don't know if we can get a lot of discount by buying two powerbook.
Anyway, I have decided to go to HongKong to buy it, it's cheaper, and I want to visit HongKong also. Wink