Question regarding carrying laptop to Russia

[Mr Joshua Wilson]

Since this seems to be of interest in general, here is
the reply I just sent to Brandon:

I've actually just updated a webpage based on my
experiances living in Russia with a laptop:

http://www.sras.org/news2.phtml?m=350&popup=1

I would not advise buying one here, as they cost just
as much as they would back in the States, and the one
you have will (so long as it was produced in the last
decade or so) work here in Russia.  

JW 

--- Saskia <d344630 at ER.UQAM.CA> wrote:

> Please let me know also about your answers as I was
> about to post the same
> question.
> 
> Saskia Ouaknine
> Montreal, Canada
> saskia at fra.net
> 
> > One of my students, Brandon Rice, is going to
> Russia to teach English
> > for a year.  He has a query about possible
> problems taking a laptop to
> > Russia and about the feasibility of buying one
> there.   Would anyone
> > who has recent experience (positive or negative)
> or advice be so kind
> > as to respond to him directly (offline).  See his
> message below.  His
> > email address is: Brandon Rice
> <radioactiveman at umail.ucsb.edu>
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > LM
> 
>
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