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[ajijicbound]

If I were to buy a laptop here, who can change it
to english?

[sundown]

Reuben at Computer World i Riberas next to Transito & Manana's Restuarant

[Atlas]

You can order and English version from Dell in Mexico.

[ajijicbound]

Thanks all.

[rjkveton]

If you are still Ajijicbound why would not not buy it in the USA before you come down here? If someone changes it down here you are probably ending up with an illegal copy of Windows 7 Ultimate. Buyer beware.

[HelperGuy]

If you purchase a laptop with Windows 7 Ultimate or Enterprise, you can download a Pack that will let you install any language you want without reinstalling Windows. If you cannot find a laptop with W7 U or E, you can purchase an upgrade online, which will then let you get the language pack. Read more here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972813

[MtnMama]

You still have a Spanish keyboard which can be problematic.

[ajijicbound]

If you purchase a laptop with Windows 7 Ultimate or Enterprise, you can download a Pack that will let you install any language you want without reinstalling Windows. If you cannot find a laptop with W7 U or E, you can purchase an upgrade online, which will then let you get the language pack. Read more here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972813

Thanks, this will probably work. I live here so I'll buy in Mexico.

MtnMama, why would a spanish keyboard be problematic?

[HelperGuy]

She's right, because the special characters and the "n" are latin-oriented. You have to discover where the "@", the "?", and others exist, and then memorize those locations.

And from what I can tell, there are four or five variations of Spanish keyboard layouts, depending on where in the world they were meant to be sold. So the layouts differ from brand to brand. In other words, you probably won't find a good example even by Googling.

[Ginger]

Ruben at Computer World is getting me an American laptop if you haven't gotten one yet.

[HelperGuy]

At what god-awful price, might I ask? Last time I checked with him, he got them through Dell Mexico and they were prohibitively expensive. For my taste, anyway.

[Ginger]

Not a Dell & I have to go in to pick out which one I want. Will work out to about what it would cost me to have Hugh Roberts bring it down after paying the 16% tax. Rueben has been very helpful to me in the past & knows what I want but Dell was the 3rd option he gave me but that's not what I wanted. I don't remember the exact prices but nothing outrageous.

[More Liana]

You can go to your control panel, click on "Regions and Languages", and add English as an option to a Spanish-language keyboard (and vice versa, of course). It takes one click of the finger to go back and forth. I write in both languages and use both options all the time.

[sparks]

There is no import tax on a laptop .... and buy an English external keyboard

[Ginger]

Hugh Roberts said he used to bring them in before with no fee but they were now charging him 16%.

[conejorapido]

Slightly off topic, but just to put Dell Mexico pricing in perspective. The price on the Dell Mexico website for an XPS 15z is 19,999 pesos. I can but the same model from Dell US with 2 gb more memory and 250 gb larger hard drive, everything else the same, for $999. Better configuration and converting at 13 pesos to the dollar, that's 7000 pesos cheaper up north. That will more than pay for our whole NOB shopping trip. That's where I'll be buying mine in a couple of weeks.

[ajijicbound]

It seems that you can only switch languages if you have window7 pro. Browsers you can change easily.

[sparks]

Hugh Roberts said he used to bring them in before with no fee but they were now charging him 16%.

If he is carrying his own plus yours ... but one is allowed with no duty

[Ginger]

I think he carries his own.

[HelperGuy]

Ginger, check out some laptop prices on the Web, at Best Buy, Tiger Direct, WalMart. Look for these items:

- 500 gig hard drive
- 4 Gb RAM
- i7 Intel chip.
- the screen size you are interested in
- the price.

Then compare with what Ruben shows you and calculate your costs of bringing it down from up there. Be methodical. You will discover a huge, huge price difference. It's not because Ruben is making a fanastic markup; it's because it's Mexico.