[markmat]

I'm going to be in HK for a couple of weeks and I'm hoping to buy a Macbook but I have a couple of questions. Firstly, can anyone tell me whether I'll be able to get one with a plain English keyboard, and if so would this be a US or UK layout?

Also, I can see a thread about PC dealers generally but can anyone recommend an Apple dealer to buy from? There seem to be quite a number of dealers/resellers listed on the Apple site.

thanks

[discobay]

I would head for the 10th and 11th floors of Windsor House in Causeway Bay. On one of those floors is an Apple Dealer. Can't comment on English script-only keyboards but generally they will be of a US layout (no GBP symbol). There is another Apple Dealer on either Stanley or Wellington Street in Central. Memory is rather fuzzy this morning like the weather.

[KnowItAll]

http://appleclub.com.hk/buy/reseller.html

[Lammarite]

My Powerbook is a US keyboard with no Chinese on it, as is my iBook- now you mention it I haven't seen any with Chinese, it must be an after market switchout.

[texaseric]

I bought mine at New Vision on Wellington, no issues.

I ran around the city to Wanchai Computer Centre, 298 Computer Centre (there's a New Vision there), New Vision on Wellington, and DG in the IFC - zilch stock. Left my phone number with them - a couple days later they had stock.

FWIW, computer centres weren't discounting at all - though discounting and stock situation may have since improved now that more time has elapsed since the product's release.

[orrock]

the largest customer of apple hk is supplied by www.sencohk.com so you may like to try them

Built-in full-size keyboard with 78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys, including 12 function keys, 4 arrow keys (inverted "T" arrangement), and embedded numeric keypad

[markmat]

Thanks for the tips. By the time I went to actually buy it on Sunday the weekend shoppers seemed to have cleared out most of the Causeway Bay stores but I managed to find one.

[fafnersbane]

I bought my Macbook at New Vision in Star House, TST. I can definitely recommend them: good service and they were very helpful when I was left with a non-starting Macbook after the latest OS X update.