--- On Tue, 5/24/11, ken gebser@mousecar.com wrote:
From: ken gebser@mousecar.com Subject: [CentOS] OT: wifi, phone, power in India and Malaysia To: "CentOS Mailing List" centos@centos.org Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 5:48 AM A not so technical friend in India is shopping for a laptop. He often travels and stays months in Malaysia and so needs to be able to use the laptop there as well. He typically connects to the internet via wifi, but sometimes must use a telephone line (yes, with a modem). And of course there will be times when he has to plug into mains power to recharge the battery. So to be able to fully use his future laptop in both India and Malaysia, I need to know:
Are the wifi standards the same in both India and Malaysia? And will the same wifi card work in both countries?
Wifi is wifi, never heard of a wifi A or B.
Similarly, will the modem work in both countries?
see above...
And, too, is the mains power the same in India and Malaysia?
All laptops I have thus far encountered, have power adapters that take in anywhere from 100-250V. You should be covered worldwide if your meets those requirements. This friend might have used a phone-charger or hair-dryer, what voltage were those?
If there is an incompatibility in any of these, what is the simplest resolution?
I should probably get him an extended warranty also. Is there such a warranty which would allow him to have the laptop fixed in either country, depending upon where he happens to be?
Extended warranties :-) for a laptop purchased in the U.S.? Try Toshiba or Samsung, but again, only your friend can tell you whether he has ever seen a Toshiba shop or Samsung shop. If he goes to rural areas, chances are none of those would be present anyways.
Am I overlooking any considerations?
YES. A big one for foreign travel people is a GSM modem, whereby one would use a SIM card from their phone for internet access. I really doubt that part of the world would have any dial-up access as you claim. They never caught up to it, and landline are rarely available. However, GSM 3G access is abundant, even in the remotest of areas.....
Thanks in advance for your sage experience.
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