I am thinking of buying myself an Alienware laptop,but!!!?

OK, well I am wanting to buy the "alienware xm920", but you see I live in South Africa, if it gets delivered to South Africa, from the U.S.A will it be able to work in South Africa (we use EU adapters, and our systems runs on PAL & games) Will the alienware laptop still work in South Africa? If not, how do i change it?

Regards

Answer
I would assume that all your have to do is possibly get a "universal power adapter" set so that the plug will match the socket. Most laptops can use 100-240 volts, and 50/60hz. As far as the pal thing you will probably need to just set region that you are in using the region/language settings in control panel. But just to be sure I would get the 1-800 (toll free) number for Dell (they sell the alienware line) and ask before you spend that much money. I was in the US Navy and a lot of us used to take our laptops overseas with us. NOTE: I do know that in windows there was a "limited" number of times that you could change the region before it became a permanent thing and we bought our movies on base so that we didn't have to worry about the PAL format. However, with a "travel valet" power adapter so that we could plug them into the wall they ran fine. Anyway it is probably best to call dell and ask if the cd/dvd drives are different on their overseas models so that they can support PAL if they are then I am sure that they sell European versions of the computer they are an international seller so they must get this question often.

Laptop? im looking to buy a new one?

Marc

Hi guys and girls im looking for a laptop to play a lil games on and to use for media. im looking for a laptop with 4 gigs ov ram and an i5 or i7 and a 500gig hdd.. im situated in south africa so im looking at a price range ov 4000 to 5000 RAND.. and i prefreably dont want to buy online unless i really have too hehehe. thanx.

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You can go with Sony VAIO VPC Z1 28gg ..latest and best for both games and high end applications..for technical specs you can visit
http://go4download.com/sony-vaio-vpc-z1-28gg-drivers

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Where do i find laptops shopping in South Africa?

daizerd

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Try Incredible Connection, they usually have good deals running. Also, try Makro and Game.
www.incredible.co.za
www.makro.co.za

What are good but affordable gaming laptops?

Hoi

I live in South Africa and I miss my pc gaming because my computer broke any suggestions for good but affordable gaming laptops?

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You can Buy a laptop which have following requirements
1: maybe 4 Gb DDR Ram
2: atleast 1 GB Graphic card
3: more than 1.5 GB Ghz
than you can play any game in your laptop I have a Lenovo Laptop I have played many games without any problem

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Where do i find laptops shopping in South Africa?

daizerd

Answer
Try Incredible Connection, they usually have good deals running. Also, try Makro and Game.
www.incredible.co.za
www.makro.co.za

can anyone suggest a good laptop, notebook ,altrabook for around R10000?

maartin

Iam a student from south africa I need a laptop around R10000 =$1000 to be able to do most entertainment stuff like play movies music and games and have a good screen and good battery life ..

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Hi,

I think I've got the perfect laptop for you:http://www.laptopdirect.co.za/MSI-MS-CX702OD-023ZA-lp-79747.php

It's an MSI notebook with a fast Intel Core i3 processor, 4GB of RAM, 500GB hard drive, NVIDIA GT 740M graphics card, perfect for whatever game, and Windows 8 64bit. It also has a HD 17.3" screen and an impressive 6 hour battery life. It costs 9027 Rand.

Hope this helped,
Siva :D

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can anyone suggest a good laptop, notebook ,altrabook for around R10000?

maartin

Iam a student from south africa I need a laptop around R10000 =$1000 to be able to do most entertainment stuff like play movies music and games and have a good screen and good battery life ..

Answer
Hi,

I think I've got the perfect laptop for you:http://www.laptopdirect.co.za/MSI-MS-CX702OD-023ZA-lp-79747.php

It's an MSI notebook with a fast Intel Core i3 processor, 4GB of RAM, 500GB hard drive, NVIDIA GT 740M graphics card, perfect for whatever game, and Windows 8 64bit. It also has a HD 17.3" screen and an impressive 6 hour battery life. It costs 9027 Rand.

Hope this helped,
Siva :D

What laptop is this is?

mikel

Can someone please identify the model of this laptop?

Answer
It is a Samsung 301V ultrabook.
The picture comes from this ad in Johannesburg South Africa
http://www.junkmail.co.za/computers/laptops-notebooks-and-tablets/gauteng/johannesburg/south-rand/samsung-301v-ultrabook-3months-old-gaming-laptop-31713215

It is a discontinued model that is not available globally.

If you own it, there should be a model number label on the bottom.
Or, Install Belarc Adviser to see what it finds out.
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

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how could I get more into soccer?

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Amon a boa

The only time that I really follow soccer is during the world cup, But after the South africa one, i have been wanting to get more involved. Can you guys tell me where to watch the leagues ( premier league,BBVA League, and mls) also the national teams ( I tend to follow spain, the usa, portugal and brazil). Thanks

Answer
You can stream the games for free through espn3.com. That's what I did during the World Cup this year when I wasn't at home and had my laptop with me. They also stream the league games and such,

I am thinking of buying myself an Alienware laptop,but!!!?

OK, well I am wanting to buy the "alienware xm920", but you see I live in South Africa, if it gets delivered to South Africa, from the U.S.A will it be able to work in South Africa (we use EU adapters, and our systems runs on PAL & games) Will the alienware laptop still work in South Africa? If not, how do i change it?

Regards

Answer
I would assume that all your have to do is possibly get a "universal power adapter" set so that the plug will match the socket. Most laptops can use 100-240 volts, and 50/60hz. As far as the pal thing you will probably need to just set region that you are in using the region/language settings in control panel. But just to be sure I would get the 1-800 (toll free) number for Dell (they sell the alienware line) and ask before you spend that much money. I was in the US Navy and a lot of us used to take our laptops overseas with us. NOTE: I do know that in windows there was a "limited" number of times that you could change the region before it became a permanent thing and we bought our movies on base so that we didn't have to worry about the PAL format. However, with a "travel valet" power adapter so that we could plug them into the wall they ran fine. Anyway it is probably best to call dell and ask if the cd/dvd drives are different on their overseas models so that they can support PAL if they are then I am sure that they sell European versions of the computer they are an international seller so they must get this question often.

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Where is the cheapest place that i can buy a *new* Sims medieval game for my laptop,in Johannesburg(S.A)?

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Amber

Where is the cheapest place to buy a Sims medieval for my laptop in Johannesburg(south africa),and also if you can tell me the prices of it in Look And Listen,BT games,musica and anywhere else:)preferably in Fourway,Lonehill area:)thanx so much!:)

Answer
You can buy the product from amazon
http://www.amazon.com/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=wherebuy09-321-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325

not 1 youtube video will play on my laptop but movies and everything else works fine?

Q. im in south africa all game servers show ,everything is fine exept youtube is it the site maybe?

Answer
YouTube uses Adobe Flash technology to provide the video. Try updating to the latest Flash player for your laptop. Flash is a free download.

http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=shockwaveflash

Hope this helps.

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is 10mbps enough for 3 people to share on a wifi connection?

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Lauren

I'm considering getting time warner's standard internet (29.99/mo) but want to make sure it'll be enough for 3 people (with 3 laptops) to use for video streaming, chatting, social networking, downloading, and everything else people typically use the internet for nowadays. Is it enough so that the internet maintains a decent speed?

Answer
Its quite enough, but speed might get slower in rate..!!!!

I can imagine several scenarios....

1) I want to sell diamonds to people overseas... but they need to inspect the goods in realtime and in detail. So I need a high definition telepresence with a camera that can handle detail down to a microscopic level. That kind of bandwidth can easily chew through 24 Mbps with a 50 Ms latency. My business will depend on people being able to inspect the goods and be satisfied that they are getting the real deal. They will also want to look me directly in the eye in realtime and see if they can trust me.

2) A doctor in Garunkuwa needs to do some very specialised surgery, so he needs the help of a specialist. The only problem is that the specialist is in Sweden. So they need to hook up a telemedicine connection and maybe also some remote surgery equipment. The specialist in Sweden can now watch the surgery live and if need be assist with the remote robotic arms. Lives are saved.

3) I want to start a business offering live televised Safaris to people who cannot travel to South Africa, but want to see the animals close up, live and in detail. Same scenario... this requires plenty of HD live video transfer.

4) I want to offer the banks a remote backup system than can do live instant real-time system backups. The banks entire customer database runs into the hundreds of gigabytes. How am I going to be able to back up that entire system offsite in realtime before the data changes so significantly that the backup is then already hours out of date?

5) A university wants to offer a course in Astronomy and to hook into several observatories worldwide. They could use the universities own backbone, but that would most likely tie up the entire pipe for an hour or two... or they could use a third party provider to supply the bandwidth needs for the hour of the week that the course is running.

These are all bandwidth demands that are current... not even accounting for future needs. The business opportunities are astounding. People in Europe and the East are already used to doing things on the internet in realtime. If they could do those same things with a connection to Africa, we would be raking in the bucks here. Virtual HD Safaris man... I'm gonna go patent that idea right now.

As the article mentioned:

Faster is better when it comes to WIFI, but some people argue that 10 Mbps may be enough for most residential broadband consumers.

Obviously there are cases where you can use more bandwidth, but these are a select few, and usually not applicable to residential users.
Every one of your examples are for business or scientific applications.

I believe that 10Mbps is more than enough for current WIFI residential use. More would be nice, but not neccesary.

EA might be enjoying their success with Digital distibution, but that also means they must tweak their content to fit the medium. You rarely get any content that requires more than a dual layer DVD, which is 8GB. That's about 2 hours of downloading @ 10Mbps. Hardly a trainsmash. Digital distribution can also cater for selective loads. Distribute the Main engine with enough level content for gameplay to start, and download the rest as the game plays out.

Why do people think that China relies on the West so much?

Mr Miyagi

It is a myth, People must have overlooked the fact that China mines 97% of all rare earth metals, these metals are used in nuclear weapons, cruise missiles, catalytic converters, laptops, wind turbines, engines and just about every new green tech there is among millions of other things. China has restricted exports to Europe and the USA, they have basically played a great game. China has in recent years diversified its investments and they are waiting for the USA to loosen its grip on the mideast and will move in like they have done with south Asia and Africa.
@ Scott - i guess you have not been following how China has diversified their economy - there is no need to get angry it is just the way they have played such a good game.
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-10/officials-claim-chinese-rare-earths-embargo-expands-include-us-and-europe

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China does not need the west at all, it is self- sustainable in everything except petroleum, not like the US which can't even manage to make shoes.

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is 10mbps enough for 3 people to share on a wifi connection?

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Lauren

I'm considering getting time warner's standard internet (29.99/mo) but want to make sure it'll be enough for 3 people (with 3 laptops) to use for video streaming, chatting, social networking, downloading, and everything else people typically use the internet for nowadays. Is it enough so that the internet maintains a decent speed?

Answer
Its quite enough, but speed might get slower in rate..!!!!

I can imagine several scenarios....

1) I want to sell diamonds to people overseas... but they need to inspect the goods in realtime and in detail. So I need a high definition telepresence with a camera that can handle detail down to a microscopic level. That kind of bandwidth can easily chew through 24 Mbps with a 50 Ms latency. My business will depend on people being able to inspect the goods and be satisfied that they are getting the real deal. They will also want to look me directly in the eye in realtime and see if they can trust me.

2) A doctor in Garunkuwa needs to do some very specialised surgery, so he needs the help of a specialist. The only problem is that the specialist is in Sweden. So they need to hook up a telemedicine connection and maybe also some remote surgery equipment. The specialist in Sweden can now watch the surgery live and if need be assist with the remote robotic arms. Lives are saved.

3) I want to start a business offering live televised Safaris to people who cannot travel to South Africa, but want to see the animals close up, live and in detail. Same scenario... this requires plenty of HD live video transfer.

4) I want to offer the banks a remote backup system than can do live instant real-time system backups. The banks entire customer database runs into the hundreds of gigabytes. How am I going to be able to back up that entire system offsite in realtime before the data changes so significantly that the backup is then already hours out of date?

5) A university wants to offer a course in Astronomy and to hook into several observatories worldwide. They could use the universities own backbone, but that would most likely tie up the entire pipe for an hour or two... or they could use a third party provider to supply the bandwidth needs for the hour of the week that the course is running.

These are all bandwidth demands that are current... not even accounting for future needs. The business opportunities are astounding. People in Europe and the East are already used to doing things on the internet in realtime. If they could do those same things with a connection to Africa, we would be raking in the bucks here. Virtual HD Safaris man... I'm gonna go patent that idea right now.

As the article mentioned:

Faster is better when it comes to WIFI, but some people argue that 10 Mbps may be enough for most residential broadband consumers.

Obviously there are cases where you can use more bandwidth, but these are a select few, and usually not applicable to residential users.
Every one of your examples are for business or scientific applications.

I believe that 10Mbps is more than enough for current WIFI residential use. More would be nice, but not neccesary.

EA might be enjoying their success with Digital distibution, but that also means they must tweak their content to fit the medium. You rarely get any content that requires more than a dual layer DVD, which is 8GB. That's about 2 hours of downloading @ 10Mbps. Hardly a trainsmash. Digital distribution can also cater for selective loads. Distribute the Main engine with enough level content for gameplay to start, and download the rest as the game plays out.

Why do people think that China relies on the West so much?

Mr Miyagi

It is a myth, People must have overlooked the fact that China mines 97% of all rare earth metals, these metals are used in nuclear weapons, cruise missiles, catalytic converters, laptops, wind turbines, engines and just about every new green tech there is among millions of other things. China has restricted exports to Europe and the USA, they have basically played a great game. China has in recent years diversified its investments and they are waiting for the USA to loosen its grip on the mideast and will move in like they have done with south Asia and Africa.
@ Scott - i guess you have not been following how China has diversified their economy - there is no need to get angry it is just the way they have played such a good game.
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-10/officials-claim-chinese-rare-earths-embargo-expands-include-us-and-europe

Answer
China does not need the west at all, it is self- sustainable in everything except petroleum, not like the US which can't even manage to make shoes.

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Where is the cheapest place that i can buy a *new* Sims medieval game for my laptop,in Johannesburg(S.A)?

best gaming laptops in south africa image

Amber

Where is the cheapest place to buy a Sims medieval for my laptop in Johannesburg(south africa),and also if you can tell me the prices of it in Look And Listen,BT games,musica and anywhere else:)preferably in Fourway,Lonehill area:)thanx so much!:)

Answer
You can buy the product from amazon
http://www.amazon.com/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=wherebuy09-321-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325

not 1 youtube video will play on my laptop but movies and everything else works fine?

Q. im in south africa all game servers show ,everything is fine exept youtube is it the site maybe?

Answer
YouTube uses Adobe Flash technology to provide the video. Try updating to the latest Flash player for your laptop. Flash is a free download.

http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=shockwaveflash

Hope this helps.

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how to watch the 2010 world cup south africa live on computer?

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Muaahhh

ok so i want to watch the 2010 world cup at work on my laptop but idk were to watch the game live on tha computer???

Answer
ESPN360.com -

Where is the cheapest place that i can buy a *new* Sims medieval game for my laptop,in Johannesburg(S.A)?

Amber

Where is the cheapest place to buy a Sims medieval for my laptop in Johannesburg(south africa),and also if you can tell me the prices of it in Look And Listen,BT games,musica and anywhere else:)preferably in Fourway,Lonehill area:)thanx so much!:)

Answer
You can buy the product from amazon
http://www.amazon.com/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=wherebuy09-321-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325

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how could I get more into soccer?

best gaming laptops in south africa image

Amon a boa

The only time that I really follow soccer is during the world cup, But after the South africa one, i have been wanting to get more involved. Can you guys tell me where to watch the leagues ( premier league,BBVA League, and mls) also the national teams ( I tend to follow spain, the usa, portugal and brazil). Thanks

Answer
You can stream the games for free through espn3.com. That's what I did during the World Cup this year when I wasn't at home and had my laptop with me. They also stream the league games and such,

I am thinking of buying myself an Alienware laptop,but!!!?

OK, well I am wanting to buy the "alienware xm920", but you see I live in South Africa, if it gets delivered to South Africa, from the U.S.A will it be able to work in South Africa (we use EU adapters, and our systems runs on PAL & games) Will the alienware laptop still work in South Africa? If not, how do i change it?

Regards

Answer
I would assume that all your have to do is possibly get a "universal power adapter" set so that the plug will match the socket. Most laptops can use 100-240 volts, and 50/60hz. As far as the pal thing you will probably need to just set region that you are in using the region/language settings in control panel. But just to be sure I would get the 1-800 (toll free) number for Dell (they sell the alienware line) and ask before you spend that much money. I was in the US Navy and a lot of us used to take our laptops overseas with us. NOTE: I do know that in windows there was a "limited" number of times that you could change the region before it became a permanent thing and we bought our movies on base so that we didn't have to worry about the PAL format. However, with a "travel valet" power adapter so that we could plug them into the wall they ran fine. Anyway it is probably best to call dell and ask if the cd/dvd drives are different on their overseas models so that they can support PAL if they are then I am sure that they sell European versions of the computer they are an international seller so they must get this question often.

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Where can I get a Yu-Gi-Oh game for my Nintendo DS?

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Keeshan M

I want a Yu-Gi-Oh! game for my DS or laptop but I can't seem to find one anywhere. I live in South Africa (Durban and Johannesburg). I'm looking for any game. but preferably from the GX series. I do NOT want to import stuff from overseas. Any ideas of where to look?

Answer
Try www.amazon.com, or GameStop.com.

Hey, don't listen to the answerer who told you to grow up. They need to grow up. What is the fun in insulting others......

I am thinking of buying myself an Alienware laptop,but!!!?

OK, well I am wanting to buy the "alienware xm920", but you see I live in South Africa, if it gets delivered to South Africa, from the U.S.A will it be able to work in South Africa (we use EU adapters, and our systems runs on PAL & games) Will the alienware laptop still work in South Africa? If not, how do i change it?

Regards

Answer
Dude don't buy alienware, its a rip off. it cost like 5x more than if you just bought the parts and let someone else build it, even cheaper if you build it yourself. But seeing how you did not this fact, it might be better to just buy a desktop and build that yourself.

Yes everything should work fine even if its PAL, the only way it wouldn't work if it was a console system or something.

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is 10mbps enough for 3 people to share on a wifi connection?

best gaming laptops in south africa image

Lauren

I'm considering getting time warner's standard internet (29.99/mo) but want to make sure it'll be enough for 3 people (with 3 laptops) to use for video streaming, chatting, social networking, downloading, and everything else people typically use the internet for nowadays. Is it enough so that the internet maintains a decent speed?

Answer
Its quite enough, but speed might get slower in rate..!!!!

I can imagine several scenarios....

1) I want to sell diamonds to people overseas... but they need to inspect the goods in realtime and in detail. So I need a high definition telepresence with a camera that can handle detail down to a microscopic level. That kind of bandwidth can easily chew through 24 Mbps with a 50 Ms latency. My business will depend on people being able to inspect the goods and be satisfied that they are getting the real deal. They will also want to look me directly in the eye in realtime and see if they can trust me.

2) A doctor in Garunkuwa needs to do some very specialised surgery, so he needs the help of a specialist. The only problem is that the specialist is in Sweden. So they need to hook up a telemedicine connection and maybe also some remote surgery equipment. The specialist in Sweden can now watch the surgery live and if need be assist with the remote robotic arms. Lives are saved.

3) I want to start a business offering live televised Safaris to people who cannot travel to South Africa, but want to see the animals close up, live and in detail. Same scenario... this requires plenty of HD live video transfer.

4) I want to offer the banks a remote backup system than can do live instant real-time system backups. The banks entire customer database runs into the hundreds of gigabytes. How am I going to be able to back up that entire system offsite in realtime before the data changes so significantly that the backup is then already hours out of date?

5) A university wants to offer a course in Astronomy and to hook into several observatories worldwide. They could use the universities own backbone, but that would most likely tie up the entire pipe for an hour or two... or they could use a third party provider to supply the bandwidth needs for the hour of the week that the course is running.

These are all bandwidth demands that are current... not even accounting for future needs. The business opportunities are astounding. People in Europe and the East are already used to doing things on the internet in realtime. If they could do those same things with a connection to Africa, we would be raking in the bucks here. Virtual HD Safaris man... I'm gonna go patent that idea right now.

As the article mentioned:

Faster is better when it comes to WIFI, but some people argue that 10 Mbps may be enough for most residential broadband consumers.

Obviously there are cases where you can use more bandwidth, but these are a select few, and usually not applicable to residential users.
Every one of your examples are for business or scientific applications.

I believe that 10Mbps is more than enough for current WIFI residential use. More would be nice, but not neccesary.

EA might be enjoying their success with Digital distibution, but that also means they must tweak their content to fit the medium. You rarely get any content that requires more than a dual layer DVD, which is 8GB. That's about 2 hours of downloading @ 10Mbps. Hardly a trainsmash. Digital distribution can also cater for selective loads. Distribute the Main engine with enough level content for gameplay to start, and download the rest as the game plays out.

Why do people think that China relies on the West so much?

Mr Miyagi

It is a myth, People must have overlooked the fact that China mines 97% of all rare earth metals, these metals are used in nuclear weapons, cruise missiles, catalytic converters, laptops, wind turbines, engines and just about every new green tech there is among millions of other things. China has restricted exports to Europe and the USA, they have basically played a great game. China has in recent years diversified its investments and they are waiting for the USA to loosen its grip on the mideast and will move in like they have done with south Asia and Africa.
@ Scott - i guess you have not been following how China has diversified their economy - there is no need to get angry it is just the way they have played such a good game.
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-10/officials-claim-chinese-rare-earths-embargo-expands-include-us-and-europe

Answer
China does not need the west at all, it is self- sustainable in everything except petroleum, not like the US which can't even manage to make shoes.

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