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I would be interested to find out about the american laptops not having a pound sign, I was hoping to buy one in October and seeing as I will be using it for my business and invoicing people, it won't look very professional with handwritten ones now will it!!![msntongue]
[/quote]As long as it allows you to set the language to UK English, another key is usually the £ sign, you just have to remember which one as it won't say '£' on the key. That's how it worked with two laptops we purchased there.

The thing to watch out for is the guarantee (or warranty) as that's often return to somewhere in the USA if there's something wrong with it. CompUSA used to do an international warranty (return paid within UK) for about $200 for a year but I don't know if they still do that.
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Manufacturers guarentee's and warranties are world wide most returns have a UK or European place to send them back to - we know from experience and have never had any problems, in fact they send a courier and even the box to send it back in[msnwink][/quote]I have experience of this too, having purchased two laptops in the USA, the guarantees for which stated that the product had to be returned to the USA at my expense to obtain warranty service, hence my comments above. I never had any problems with either machine so I didn't need to obtain service anyway.

My advice would be to check the warranty situation out before you purchase this type of product in the USA.