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    Eurocom and Denmark

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Yock, Sep 22, 2008.

  1. Yock

    Yock Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have finely found a store that sells the laptop i want and with a danish keyboard layout.

    My question is though, any one that has any experience with Eurocom and buying from Denmark / Sweden?
    Was there any trouble and how long did it take until delivery?
    Lastly have you tried to have a RMA with them and how did that go?

    Thank you in advance.
     
  2. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    You can purchase a Clevo notebook from any vendor (in the Clevo Guide) and get a keyboard that is to your preferred language.
     
  3. marder

    marder Notebook Enthusiast

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    Not answering your questions directly but I would recommend Kobalt. They have Danish keyboard. Also MyCizmo has also Scandinavian keyboards.
     
  4. M3z3iAs

    M3z3iAs Notebook Consultant

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    Yock - If your living in Denmark, then there are two companies I know of selling Clevo machines, that's @Computer (found in Midt-Data) and X-One (got mine through a computerstore in Aalborg), then you don't have to order outside DK :)

    If you look through the Clevo Guide as Gophn links to, I would imagne that everyone that delivers worldwide, should be able to deliver with danish keyboard aswell :)
     
  5. Yock

    Yock Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank you for the responses i will look after those danish vendors.

    About the guide though, while its very very good i have used hours to go through all the stores and only found one with the danish keyboard options and that was Eurocom

    EDIT:
    After looking at those danish vendors they don't have the configurations i want, seems Denmark is still behind in when we get the latest stuff.

    Anyway.. Back to Eurocom, nobody with any experience with them? :)
     
  6. M3z3iAs

    M3z3iAs Notebook Consultant

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    Are you sure? one can always ask if they can get it :) Think most are able to get some they havent got listed ;) But yeah, we are a bit behind, sadly :(

    But to Eurocom, no I havent had any experience with them, but they seems to have a good rep, from what I recall reading about them :)
     
  7. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    Eurocom may have all options available on their site, but realize that you can get a language keyboard custom from any vendor, just contact them (email is easiest).
     
  8. Yock

    Yock Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah i have contacted quite a few actually and all said it would be possible but would take at least a week extra for the delivery since they had to get it them self from another source.

    But never mind, i made up my mind and am ordering the following from Eurocom:

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    System and Display
    EUROCOM D901C PHANTOM-X; 17-inch; Widescreen; WUXGA 1920-by-1200 pixels; UltraSharp with Glossy Surface; Black Chassis

    VGA Technology 2GB GDDR3; SLI 2 x 1GB GDDR3 Nvidia GeForce Go 9800M GTX; DX10; 16x PCIe; NB9E-GTX

    Upgradeable Processor Intel Quad Core 2 Processor Q9650; 3.00 GHz; FSB1333; 12MB L2; LGA775; PENRYN 45nm; 95W

    Memory Configuration 4GB; 2x 2GB; DDR2-800; 200pin; PC2-6400; CL5; 256Mx64 - 2 SODIMMs

    Hard Drive: Choose Regular, Hybrid or Solid State Drive(s) 200GB; SATA-300; 7,200rpm; up to 3Gb/s; 16MB cache; 2.5-inch

    2nd Hard Drive 200GB; SATA-300; 7,200rpm; 3Gb/s; 16MB cache; 2.5-inch

    Hard Drive(s) Setup i.e. Multiple Partitions, RAID 0,1,5 etc RAID 0 setup - for maximum performance; minimum 2 physical hard drives are required

    Danish Keyboard; w/ Vista Keys; P/N 80-D90C0-0301

    8x Multi DVD +-RW/-RAM Burner; Dual-Layer; Tray-based; w/ Software

    Internal TV Tuner D90xC Hybrid TV Tuner; miniPCI; w/Remote; Worldwide; for XP & VISTA ; 88-M57R7-653

    Wireless LAN 802.11n; up to 300Mbps; Intel® Wireless WiFi 4965AGN; PCIe; 2.4 and 5GHz

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    Hope that laptop will last me some years like my old and trusty Dell XPS M1710
     
  9. M3z3iAs

    M3z3iAs Notebook Consultant

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    Btw you are aware about, customs and MOMS (VAT) when your importing from outside EU right ? :) Might be some chock to get, when the extra bill is comming :( :( Ended up ordering a Mojave (M570TU) from Kobalt last night for a mate, as its stationed in England and therefore in the EU, meaning no extra customs and MOMS.

    But anyways, very nice machine you got put together there !! :) Loads of power ! ;)
     
  10. Yock

    Yock Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes i very sadly got aware of that, right after i wrote that i actually started wondering about the tax.

    The Eurocom website said it was with tax (at least at the first glimt), i then for some reason wanted to be sure and wrote them how the tax would work and this is what i got in return:

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    No taxes are charged at this end however you may be right and taxes may be charged at your end. I have no idea what those might be so you will need to check with local postal/customs authorities.

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    So for now that machine is still only a dream but i will keep on looking..
    Not easy when you live in a country that is so far behind as Denmark it seems and the 25% tax plus other payments in told dosent make things easier.
    It really feels like living in some nazy land "Heres the money you earned working and now we take 60% tax and oh yeah, you still have to pay 25% extra tax when buying anything.

    But as said.. I will keep looking for some vendor that sells in a way so i can actually get a laptop! :)
     
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    link1313 Notebook Virtuoso

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    socialist countries for the loss =/
     
  12. M3z3iAs

    M3z3iAs Notebook Consultant

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    Indeed, the 20% you have to add, makes quite a diffrence... But as a light in the end of the tunnel, you woun't pay U.S. taxes of the machine, so you will have to take the price, without U.S. VAT, add the shipping costs, add customs and then add 20% for Danish VAT, so you will end up, paying a bit more VAT than you wound in U.S (higher rate and you will pay for the shipping aswell) (From what ive read, it seems that the U.S. VAT is 10% and the Danish is 25%, meaning it will be roughly an add of 15% to the price).

    Have you tried to do that calculation ? :)

    Yes, its sad, that we are restricted in such a way :/ But hey, we get around 0,30-0,35 kr to spend out of every 1 kr earned (with all taxes and VAT payed), we should be happy.... :p
     
  13. Yock

    Yock Notebook Enthusiast

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    **** it..

    Bought the biggest baddest desktop instead, saves me the trouble with all these taxes and keyboards with money to spare even that i put into upgrading my old Nas server.

    Still have my trusty old M1710 for when i need to go mobile, if i don't sell that and buy some 12" notebook instead for added mobility.
     
  14. M3z3iAs

    M3z3iAs Notebook Consultant

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    Well, thats another way of doing it :p But that aint getting you a sweeeet gaming lappy :p

    But indeed, there can be a lot of trouble getting your hands in what you want in Denmark :/ But well, you will be getting more out of your money with a desktop than a notebook, as you point out your self :) You can also get one of thoes 10"'ies with dedicated gpu, thats mobility ;)