Buying a laptop abroad?

Question

laptops

A few questions about buying a laptop abroad.
1) Import to Russia is allowed? Will there be any problems with customs?
2) I want a laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium. Naturally, it will be American. Is it possible to Russify it legally? And illegal?
3) If it is impossible to Russify the OS, is it possible to add at least the Russian language and the Russian layout? Stick stickers with Russian letters on the keys and use ...
4) What is the best way to order from dell.com - through intermediaries or using the "US address" service (Shipito, etc.)? Better - not in the sense of being cheaper, but in the sense of being more reliable ... so that the parcel is not lost, not beaten, it goes through customs normally, it arrives faster ...

Answer 1

1) There is no duty up to 1000 euros, higher - there is, the size is like 18%
2) Surely there is something like MUI, as it was in XP, it's better to look on the MS website
3) There are definitely no problems with the layout, put at least Hindi. Instead of stickers, you can also do engraving
4) I won’t tell you here, shipto seems to be very popular.

Answer 2

There was an article about buying from dell.com - it seems that they do not accept non-American credit cards. It is complicated by the fact that if you call them and consult, this fact will not come up, the person was told that they accept any, but in fact they did not.
I bought a dell XPS 15z - I was lucky - it was bought with an American credit card. And brought personally.
Claudia - American - letters in the middle of the button - it is difficult to Russify Claudia, you need to look for either small stickers or double stickers for the entire button.
As for delivery, I ordered a computer from America (not dell) via DHL - it came fine.

Answer 3

1) If the customs declaration is drawn up by “knowledgeable” people, then there will be no problems. (EbayToday has this service)
2) Through the "Update Center" you can download language packs (in Basic only you can't)
3) You can add a layout even in Chinese, it does not depend on the OS language. And with the keyboard like this: 1 - engraving. 2 - purchase of similar keys with Russian letters and replacement of native ones. 3 - stickers.
4) Looking through which intermediaries. It is always safer through friends. If intermediaries are private traders whom you have not seen in person, then it is better through proven services with the “US address” service with checking the goods (on, off, matching the description), repacking (stronger and more reliable packaging).

Answer 4

1) bring back the laptop as a personal one without a factory box in a backpack there, for example, or in a shoulder bag, huh?
4) the safest thing is not to buy abroad otherwise than in person in a store or with the personal help of good friends. In all other cases, be prepared for the fact that either an empty box or a crumb of spare parts will come to you, in general, for the worst :)
you have already been answered about the rest.

Answer 5

3) Can be laser engraved on the keyboard.
4) I personally order through ebaytoday . Very convenient service to use, responsive tech. support.

Answer 6

As for the keyboard, everything is simple)
At one time I poured coffee on my DELL inspiron 1720.
The fastest and cheapest way to get a bilingual original keyboard was from the UK via e-Bay for a penny. I bought from this seller:
myworld.ebay.com/deerhunter290378/
He has a lot of different components for DELL at good prices.
Delivery was fast. Just make sure that our mail can easily find your address ;)
this is the only gag that may arise.