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I've been offered a great deal on a new Qosmio G20, the european/canadian version of the beautiful new Qosmio G25. Does anybody know if i'll run into any compatibility problems (ac power, wireless networking, software etc.) using a european notebook here in the US? Thanx for your help!
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But the machine, Wifi and power all should be fine.
Worst case scenerio is the DVD and TV won't work. But could be fixed for a small fee.
Bob
Is it a software problem that I could download drivers for, or a hardware problem that a toshiba vendor would have to fix?
The region code for the DVD drive can only be changed a few times and then, most often you replace the drive. At first a person will exclaim "that can't be right", but if you research it, you find out this is a nasty thing about DVD regions.
As to NTSC/PAL, it depends on specifics with the laptop. I only note the worst case scenario is that Toshiba may have to swap out a TV tuner to NTSC if you don't see an option.
Other than these 2 items, the unit should be just fine.
Bob
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