New Desktop PC

According to  http://www.romebuddy.com/givesadvice/computers4.html   “Apple Macintosh dealers often tend to be small, friendly, caring, family affairs. FBM in Via Flaminia [in Rome] certainly is – That’s where I bought my Mac, and a major factor in buying a Mac and buying it from FBM was because they were able to supply it to me with the English Operating System pre-installed. They also keep English versions of most popular Mac applications in stock, and they're sales people also speak good English, so communication isn't a problem. The other advantage of this store is that it's in central Rome, so you won't have to travel miles to get to it.”

Not sure, but Amazon has beeen brilliant for us here...have bought Henry hoover, plasma 26"tv, exercise machine...looks v good and loads more.....good, quick, and cheap......Hope this helps.  Love Apple but sooo expensive......

Hi. I'm new here but maybe I can offer some help. Any PC using Windows format bought in Italy will have an Italian OS, fine if your fluent in Italian if not steer clear. Macs work on a different system but English OS widely available, but do not get a Mac if you want to run popular sofware, and are unfamiliar with how Mac systems work. Your best bet would be to get one delivered to a UK address and shipped over here or try Amazon, but I'm not sure about them selling PC/Laptops to anywhere outside UK. Dell etc will only supply English OS to either UK or USA. As they say 'You Pays yer Money....etc'

I did a quick google along the lines of    "UK Computer delivery italy"  and found things such as  http://www.powerc.com/uk/gp/pc%20delivery%20to%20europe/1/pg/about.eu-custom-pc who seem to deliver - [there were others - this is just an example]

you can buy an apple on line at the apple shop and its delivered in 2 days to your door to your spec.  Otherwise you can buy a pc from PCs R US and just put on an English OS - get Windows 7 its a million times better than Vista.

Sorry, don't know if they sell Mac's but www.laptopsdirect.co.uk ship to Italy. I have bought 2 laptops from them and had them delivered here. You will need to buy from a UK company if you want the OS (Windows or Mac) in English. Be careful about installing a different OS during the laptop warranty period as it often invalidates the warranty.

tb wrote: "Dell etc will only supply English OS to either UK or USA." Or Australia! I was coming up for a new machine about the time I came here, and realized I had to get one in Oz and ship it here. Expensive, and I will learn Italian, but no way would I have been ready to cope with an Italian OS in time to start working!

Thanks for all the comments. Lots to look at

If you're in Civi, there's a place called Comet where our friends bought a Mac (apparently the ultimate PC upgrade). Looks good and works well. Hope you find what you're looking for.

You can directly ask to http://www.laptopoutlet.co.uk regarding to your issue I am sure they will definitely do something for you or they will give you the exact solution of your prodblem.

thanks for tip

I've only owned two computers in my life. First stationary and the very first. I recently finally bought myself a MacBook. I even encountered a small problem, I didn’t know how to stop mac from sleeping, I found information https://setapp.com/how-to/how-to-stop-mac-from-sleeping here later. there is still a lot to learn. Because the operating system is now completely different. But it's cool, I'm happy with everything so far.