Re: international travel-charging issues?

2005-06-06 Thread Peter Saint James
On 5 Jun2005, at 10:24 AM, Tim Hodgson wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2005 at 3:03 pm -0400, Peter Saint James wrote: UK plugs have round prongs (I think) Er, not quite! You are correct. I was mistaken. It's continental Europe that has the round prongs.

Re: international travel-charging issues?

2005-06-06 Thread David Lesher
One more thing--Apple sells a world adaptor pack; would there be any reason I couldn't just use the plugs I already have? The Apple adapters are surely very special in one (and I'll be, only one) specification.. That spec is the selling price. Well, they might be color-coordinated as

Re: international travel-charging issues?

2005-06-06 Thread Kathryn Odell
Thanks to Peter, Tim, and Gladys for your helpful advice! Cheers, Kathryn If the charger plugs into a wall socket, the charger should have the relevant information on it. Law requires a label or embossing on the charger (or anything else you plug in). For example, a Powerbook

Re: international travel-charging issues?

2005-06-05 Thread Peter Saint James
On 4 Jun2005, at 8:53 PM, Kathryn Odell wrote: If so, would this hold true for iPod shuffles as well? (I have the usb charger for the Shuffle.) If you're plugging the iPod into a USB port on the computer to charge it, you don't need to change anything on it. What comes out of

Re: international travel-charging issues?

2005-06-05 Thread Tim Hodgson
On Sun, Jun 5, 2005 at 3:03 pm -0400, Peter Saint James wrote: UK plugs have round prongs (I think) Er, not quite! See: http://users.pandora.be/worldstandards/electricity.htm#plugs (scroll down to 'type G') TimH -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: international travel-charging issues?

2005-06-05 Thread Peter Apockotos
On Jun 5, 2005, at 10:24 AM, Tim Hodgson wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2005 at 3:03 pm -0400, Peter Saint James wrote: UK plugs have round prongs (I think) Er, not quite! See: http://users.pandora.be/worldstandards/electricity.htm#plugs (scroll down to 'type G') TimH Apple's world kit

international travel-charging issues?

2005-06-04 Thread Kathryn Odell
I have the good fortune to be traveling to the UK in a couple of weeks. It seems to me that I read somewhere that I don't need a converter to charge my laptop--I only need an adaptor plug. Does anyone know if this is correct? If so, would this hold true for iPod shuffles as well? (I have the

Re: international travel-charging issues?

2005-06-04 Thread gladys perez-almiroty
kate: trust me on that one. i am a flight attendant and have gone through a lot of countries with a plug adapter only. the uk is no exception. if you have the plugs already, why waste money. the uk is expensive enough! g On Jun 4, 2005, at 8:53 PM, Kathryn Odell wrote: I have the good