Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 11:30:15 +0200 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop recommendations in France / Europe? Message-ID: <p0510030ab7216045fc0c@[194.78.241.123]> In-Reply-To: <20010511094820.D89124@lpt.ens.fr> References: <20010509133826.I82438@lpt.ens.fr> <p05100326b71f2d99792e@[194.78.241.123]> <20010510160433.A52244@lpt.ens.fr> <p0510030bb7206bcc0e72@[194.78.241.123]> <20010511091932.A89124@lpt.ens.fr> <p05100306b72145562753@[194.78.241.123]> <20010511094820.D89124@lpt.ens.fr>
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At 9:48 AM +0200 5/11/01, Rahul Siddharthan wrote:
>> If you want to come up to Brussels and look around, let me know.
>
> Would the prices/range be very different?
I'm not sure how different the prices would be. Theoretically,
France and Belgium are members of the Euro zone and the values of the
different currencies are fixed with respect to the Euro, so prices
should be essentially the same wherever you go, except for tax
differences.
That said, I believe that you might be more likely to get an
English language keyboard up here (or at least, get it ordered for
you), but I can't speak for what the variety of equipment might be
like compared to France.
I know that Fnac has a number of different models (over a dozen),
but I don't know which ones might work well with FreeBSD and which
ones might not. I also don't know what other stores there might be
where you could buy a laptop.
> If so, I may take up that
> offer in a couple of weeks time -- it's only an hour by train I
> believe, so I could probably come in the morning and return the same
> evening.
It's about ninety minutes to two hours by Thalys, depending on
delays, etc.... You could certainly come up and go back down on the
same day -- my wife and my parents did the reverse trip the previous
time they visited here, and we got to see the entire museums for
Rodin and the Cluny, plus have lunch at a sidewalk bistro.
Indeed, my wife and I have done the three-hour trip to London and
back a couple of times, but that's pretty grueling if you are also
planning on doing several hours of shopping on top of everything.
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
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