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FalconPunchsc2
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Canada91 Posts
November 29 2010 00:49 GMT
#21
YOUR GUNNA LOVE!!!!!!! Calgary man!! so nice and wonderful. the only thing i dont like about it. is DEERFOOT!!! that road is nuts man.. so many times i thought i was gunna crash!!
there is everything u can imagine in calgary! and more!! edmonton mall is a sure thing when u go there!
i hope you enjoy our wonderful country!!!!
Born to B
kOre
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada3642 Posts
November 29 2010 01:03 GMT
#22
Maybe a quick LAN and dinner during that time perhaps? As far as your questions go ...

1. You would have to get an adapter but that's pretty much it. We have no PST here in Calgary so you'd only pay 5% tax! The benefit of living in Calgary ... lol

2. Memory Express, Future Shop, Best Buy, the usuals.
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CTStalker
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Canada9720 Posts
November 29 2010 01:59 GMT
#23
why r u staying in alberta? lolz. go to banff and then vancouver and victoria
By the way, my name is Funk. I am not of your world
meeple
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada10211 Posts
November 29 2010 02:00 GMT
#24
I just drove across Canada this past summer... and I gotta tell you... BC's the place to be. Northern Ontario is beautiful too but its a long way from where you are now, and the coolness is centralized in BC.

There's probably a wider selection of laptops in Vancouver
Kyuukyuu
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada6263 Posts
November 29 2010 02:07 GMT
#25
Everything cool is in BC, except for Montreal.
zZygote
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada898 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-29 03:03:08
November 29 2010 03:02 GMT
#26
If you decide to come to BC there is a nice computer shop called NCIX, or if you stay in Toronto, Canada Computers is another fine choice. Other than that for $800 dollars I can't give any recommendations.
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-29 03:08:20
November 29 2010 03:06 GMT
#27
Staples actually tends to have some really nice deals on laptops. For reference check out my blog post a few months ago.

Other than that, yeah you'll need a transformer(I.E. adapter) for your charger. AC wall plugs here are 120V, most places in Europe are 220/240V I believe.
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
GenesisX
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada4267 Posts
November 29 2010 03:31 GMT
#28
Nice Edmonton! West Ed. Mall is massive. Like, abnormally HUGE. You'll have fun there
Come visit Vancouver if you can, its really nice.

@gaming laptop: Buy Alienware online?
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Serendipity
Profile Joined June 2010
Denmark10 Posts
November 29 2010 04:01 GMT
#29
I'm in Banff for the season working as a lifty.. Come here on a Fridag.. Heard that's when all the people from Calgary come here to drink..

Pretty quiet though, since the season haven't really startet yet.
jtbem
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Canada1404 Posts
November 29 2010 04:15 GMT
#30
you may find some sick deals on boxing day dec 26th but then i dont think the major stores like best buy/future shop have sick gaming laptops
aka Sowelulol
AzTec
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada178 Posts
November 29 2010 04:54 GMT
#31
Hey if you come to Banff send me a PM, born and raised so I know the area pretty well

On November 29 2010 13:01 Serendipity wrote:
I'm in Banff for the season working as a lifty.. Come here on a Fridag.. Heard that's when all the people from Calgary come here to drink..

Pretty quiet though, since the season haven't really startet yet.


Woah didn't know anyone else from TL was in town. You should hit me up too if you want the down low. But lol, usually Fridays & Calgarians isn't something the locals like too much. Bars get overcrowded as fuck and there's a 25% increase in douchebags. Usually they all stick to Auroras though so it's alright haha.
Flaccid
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
8896 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-29 20:49:01
November 29 2010 20:48 GMT
#32
On November 29 2010 07:10 Ko1tz wrote:
Hello TL!

Guess what guys! I'm going to Canada in about a week! but, I'm kinda "lost". I'll stay on Calgary and Edmonton for about a month and I have no clue about what places could be interesting or amazing to visit.

I might aswell go to West Edmonton Mall since I've been told that that place is huge and pretty much great.


Man, there is almost nothing interesting to do in Edmonton or Calgary, especially if you're coming in from a place that actually has such novel things as 'culture', 'personality', and 'architecture'.

All we have to offer in this part of the world is natural beauty - and since this country is hopelessly large, endless driving in order to go and see it. Plus it's the middle of winter, making exploration a touch less enjoyable. I guess you could check out a hockey game but both the Flames and the Oilers are terrible teams that play in sold-out buildings. Yippee.

Edmonton is a particularly gross city. Dirty, slummy, boasting only the promise of franchises which haven't experienced success in decades and a goddamn mall. Calgary is gridlock traffic and white people. The road in between them is 3 hours of intense boredom that I find myself experiencing more weekends than not. If you don't ski or snowboard, you're screwed.

1) If I buy any laptop over there will I be able to use it in Europe by buying an adapter for the charger? I really don't want to get any bad surprises like having my laptop blow up once I plug it in when I come back lol


Laptop chargers will specific a voltage and current range (like 120-240V, etc.) and your local power should fall somewhere in there. You'll be fine besides requiring the adapter plug.

2) What are good stores to buy said laptop and wich one would you recommend me? I'm looking for a good gaming laptop that isn't 800+$.


The usual big-box stores sell things on the cheap. You can browse the websites to see if something suits your fancy:

http://www.futureshop.ca
http://www.bestbuy.ca

So yeah that's pretty much it, I really hope that i'll enjoy my stay over there...
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fighting bears and drinking maple syrup...lol j/k


cheers!


I honestly hope you enjoy it too. I love this country and I love this part of the world but I've had limited success imposing that love upon other people. I guess there's always the pub.
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy
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