Where to get the best deal for a laptop - Beijing, Shanghai, or Europe?
I need a new laptop (a core i5, 15/17 inch screen, discrete graphics, reliable and robust, have a few Acers, Asus and Lenovos in mind) I will be traveling in China - Beijing and Shanghai and in Barcelona in September. Prices home (Romania) are about 100 to 200 dollar higher than in the US (shops in the US don't ship in Romania). Where would I find the best deal? Would I have to pay any taxes upon return from in China? Regarding the Green Dam Youth Escort software - I would reinstall the OS with my own copy of win7 or a linux distro. So I don't think it would matter.
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Answer 1 :
Euro is the last place you wannt buy any laptop or tech, the sales tax is so high. China is idea place for cheap laptop, just make sure you buy from big retailer not the small one. Price of laptop i s pretty cheap in U.S. aleady, in china and other place you can't just return most they can do is exchange.
Answer 2 :
buy a Acer they they best one you list worst one LENOVO and if it is for your own use you should not pay tax . As for the best deal most IT shops are competitive
Answer 3 :
The Chinese Communist Party in 2009 made it a law to mandatory install a software on all computers sold in China. The software is Green Dam Youth Escort. It is a program monitors all of your internet traffic activity, and reports back to The Chinese Communist Party. All internet and information go through the Green Dam Youth Escort software will be censored and recorded. Internet in China has Golden Shield Project. It is the largest internet censorship program in the world. Foreign media websites, foreign news and information, websites such as Facebook, Youtube, mySpace, Google, and Twitter are blocked, plus many others. The Chinese Communist Party will not allow foreign information become available to Chinese citizens.
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