<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On May 7, 2008, <<a href="mailto:edgould1948@comcast.net">edgould1948@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: -1; "> Maybe I am off but (maybe its me) but an adapter kit </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">should come with a power converter as well, no? </font></p></blockquote><br></div><div>NO. Well, it depends. "No" for all of the models that are</div><div>meant for traveling, the iBook, the Powerbook, and the Mac</div><div>Book and MacBook Pro. "No" for the all-in-one iMacs, as </div><div>far as I could see. "Probably" for the desktop pro Macs, you</div><div>really have to check.</div><div><br></div><div>For at least the last ten years, all Apple laptops have come with</div><div>100-240 volt power bricks. All that's been needed to take them</div><div>anywhere in the world has been the right adapter.</div><div><br></div><div>Desktop units vary. I spot-checked a few iMacs going back to the</div><div>first model; they all have universal power supplies, so only an</div><div>adapter would be needed.</div><div><br></div><div>Mac Minis are also 100-240.</div><div><br></div><div>However, the Quicksilver model, for example, would require a </div><div>converter, as would the current Mac Pro. Apparently. (Both </div><div>specs say 100-120 volts or 200/220-240 volts; the "or" means, </div><div>to me, that a converter is required in 220 volt countries. So the </div><div>pro models vary.</div><div><br></div><div>The best thing would be to check the specs for your friend's</div><div>computer.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://support.apple.com/specs/index.html">http://support.apple.com/specs/index.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>has all the specs. Look for the electrical or environmental</div><div>requirements.</div><div><br></div><div>Don't forget that if your friend doesn't have an all-in-one Mac</div><div>(not a laptop or an iMac), he/she will have to answer the</div><div>the same questions for the display.</div><div><br></div><div>Jon</div></body></html>