If you can find a local vendor, that's probably your best bet. I've worked with Dell's Latin America division, and yes they do have representatives that speak English (accented, but better English than the India tech support guys.) The obvious advantages are not having to deal with import tariffs, and your hardware support is automatically handled by the proper world wide division, in the proper language, and any software that comes with the machine has the proper language for the region, or whatever language you request. I had them quote me the Spanish language OS on the clients for example, but English on the server as I would be supporting the server remotely. Dunno if what works for a business enviorment is what you need for personal, but going that route made my life much easier. -- Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://andy.zibnet.us SELECT * FROM users WHERE clue >0; 0 rows returned