Taking laptop to Canada
 

Helloooo, was just wondering if I can bring my laptop to Canada with me from England, will it work ok or should I sell it and buy another one over there? I've got a cracking lappy I like very much and to sell it I'm going to lose a load of money but if I can take it with then happy days I'll keep hold, can anyone enlighten me on this please..? Ta.

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Check the little box on your ac adapter cord and if it says 100-240V 50-60Hz input, then all you need is the right plug adapter which you can buy anywhere.

:)

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Yep - and any recent laptop power converter should handle an AC input of 100-240V and 50-60Hz.

Or just buy a new US/Canada power cable that fits into the existing laptop power converter (this way you don't need to remember the UK to US/Canada plug adapter).

Or buy a whole new power supply (power converter and cable).

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Check the ac adapter but most likely it will work, they make these things to travel with.
You'll need a converter plug for it, like a travel plug but they are cheap.
Alternatively, you can probably buy a new power adapter for your model over there on ebay as well.

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We bought a new plug for ours from the hardware store and changed it over. You can get universal power cables etc. though, should be easy :)

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:thumbsup:Thanks for your replies:thumbsup:

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Just checked my power cable and it's the one that's mentioned woop woop thanks very much, I nearly sold my lappy for next to nothing!!! I can bring it with me now:thumbsup:

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:thumbsup:

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We brought ours over no problem but be aware if you use a computer at work your going to be cursing the subtle differences in keyboard layout !
I still get caught out sometimes !

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Ooh, yes! My laptop actually changed itself to American when we moved. I know you can manually change it back, but it was a surprise.

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Really? Interesting... Is it a Windows 8 laptop?
I have mine manually forced to English (UK) as on Canadian laptops it likes to be "nice" and give you a spin in french land every once in a while when set to English (Canada) ... The question mark turns into an e-accent-aigu! :eek: Alas I set it to English (UK) with Maltese add in and no more French! :thumbsup: But I do get messed up on the keyboard changes from the UK to Canadian versions and often curse when using the school computers when the "@" is in the wrong place, can't get the Euro or GBP signs etc...

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Oh, no. Thing is laptops in the Isle of Mann are set up for SECAM or summat.

They won't work in Canada because hey don't have BlockHeater.

All Canadian laptops have BlockHeater to stop your balls freezing off.

HTH.

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No. We moved here long before that was invented. It died about 5 years ago and I don't remember what was on it, probably XP.

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Hahaha that one made me laugh Novo :rofl:

Ah... Prob doesnt do that anymore as I took my win 8 pc home this summer and it didnt autoset anything-though I already had it set in UK english/maltese at the time. But it didnt autoset when I got back to Canada, it stayed to my UK english/maltese specifications :thumbsup:

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If your keyboard 'slips' into French, hold down the 'Ctrl' (control) key and hit shift twice to reset it to English.

To get the £ sign hold down the 'alt' key and key in 0163 using your number pad. For the € sign, hold down the 'alt' key and key in 0128 using your number pad.

:)