Will a laptop bought in the USA work in the UK?

[Blur]

My friend just bought a Dell and soon she's going to college in England. She asked if the laptop would work out there, isn't the voltage different over there?

Thanks for any help.

 

[Oyeve]

It'll work. The adapters made in recent years go from 100 to 240v. You made need a plug adapter tho as some places have different leads.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Oyeve
It'll work. The adapters made in recent years go from 100 to 240v. You made need a plug adapter tho as some places have different leads.

Do make sure though. Look at the label on the laptop's power supply. It'll say "Input" - and there'll be a listing of voltages it'll accept. Best to be sure rather than risk a smoking power brick.

 

[obeseotron]

Should only need the plug adapter, not an actual transformer. If it's new then it will almost certainly work with the higher voltage. Even 5 year old laptops will almost always work. If she's going to school there full time and not just for a semester abroad you might consider getting a new power cable to prevent the irritation of carrying the adapter.

 

[0roo0roo]

yup, just a socket adaptor if its 110-240 rated. 3-5bucks

 

[GrammatonJP]

BTW if she needs to input that pounds symbol, she'll need to remap it, i dont think its on the number "4" key.. forgot.. a few keys are different

 

[Blur]

Thanks for all the help guys. :thumbsup:

 

[chodecz]

Yeah I highly recommend buying from the US.

I just got myself a high-spec Toshiba Satellite latop for around £700. When in the UK they want around £1200!!!!!

Everything works on it, exept the pound symbol, but who cares. Just open a word processor program (e.g. Microsoft Word) and go to insert symbol.