Laptop UK

i was wondering has anyone from the UK brought anything from XoticPC as im debating if i should buy a laptop from them, are they reliable and how much was import TAX?, did ya get charged input TAX.

i was also wondering if i buy a laptop from a company for example Germany i wont get charged import TAX as they are a part of the EU.

any UK'er brought a laptop from over seas what was it like? easy?

 

I would get Justin to do you a quote then compare it to Rock and Novatech

 

novatech only sell the one with the ornage or silver trim i cant remember what its called by but they call it the x80 but im looking at the one that can use dual 8800m's, i might ask justin thanx

 

gnome, i bought the m9750 because u said you were
again, now we have to return it

 

did you really buy it coz of me?
like i have said this is only IF the m9750 run out of stock before i get the money together or they dont offer the 8800m as an upgrade

 

Phantom,

Not bought one yet but have been spending a serious amount of time looking into it.
As far as I can work out, if you buy from the states/outside the EU you will get stung for VAT on entry. If you know anyone that is vat registered though, you should be able to get them to claim that back as a business expense.
If you import from the eu, you should not get hit for vat in the uk as long as you paid vat in the country you bought it in.
In either case you should not get hit with import duty (different charge from VAT apparently) as this is not charged on computer equipment.
Personally I am at a bit of a loss on what to do. The system I have configured at rock is about £3.2K (although seeing if they will discount that but not holding my breath) That does however include a 3 year collect and return warranty.
The best price I have got from the states works out to be from Rjtech which was £2.3K plus £150 shipping to uk plus Vat so roughly £2.8K.
This also includes a 2 year warranty. However, if anything goes kaput, thats another £300 shipping to and from the US. Makes the rock price look a bit better.
Now all reports say that the 9262's out there are good,reliable and well designed. BUT, there aren't that many (if at all) sli rigs out there which could bring some new problems to the table. 1 fault would basically even up the costs with rock. Plus they are based in this country so you could drive to them and have a rant if they treat you badly. Kinda hard to do with a company in the states.
Anyway other than flipping a coin I'm pretty stuck...

 

By the way,

just had a mail from Andrew at www.kobaltcomputers.co.uk

and they will be able to supply the D901C from next week(or the week after)
Badgering hime about prices as we speak!!!

Oh yeay and they offer custom painting too!

 

How about good prices? Can they do it?

 

Still waiting for him to get back to me on that one fade.

He told me that they will be releasing it next week and it should be orderable from tuesday. I'm guessing that won't be the sli though.

 

Hi Wayneski,

If you can send the spec you are after to Andrew I'm sure he will get back to you over the weekend. Offical pricing won't be on the website until Monday/ Tuesday.

There will be two versions available both single and SLI.

 

Will do mate!!!

 

whats the different between the two versions?, im still debating as to where i would get it from so we will see.

 

I don't know the exact specs at this point but can say that the lower spec is single card, dual core, non raid. The higher spec is SLI, Quad Core, raid. All details will be available come Monday/ Tuesday.

 

so is the version thats going to be released the lower spec? as the current one can have dual 8800m's

 

We're releasing both versions at the same time.

 

Neil, I've got a question for you. How much would it cost me to get a D900C/D901C with a Q9450, 8800M GTX, 4GB RAM, WUXGA and a 320GB HDD?
I'm asking for a rough price-guessing (if you can give me one).