[X-Newbies] take my G5 to France?

[Randy B.Singer]

Carole Wessel said:

>Instead of buying the adapter, do you think I can just buy the cable 
>with the three round prong in France? 

You don't need a "cable."  You only need a plug adapter such as the one 
that I gave you a link for.  You can use your standard power cable.

You said that you will want to be using your computer immediately when 
you arrive in France.  So, you probably don't want to have to go hunting 
for the proper adapter in France.  While they are available, don't forget 
that the entire country doesn't cater to tourists.  You have to go to the 
right places to find an adapter.  You can probably find one in the 
airport, but instead of paying $2 you might end up paying $22 in the 
airport.

>Will this work for the Apple 
>display as well?

Your Apple display plugs into your Mac and uses its power supply, so if 
your Mac is happy your display should be happy.

>However, I am concerned about the internal modem (did not think of it 
>before you mentioned it).
>I am going to have a DSL in France. Does it mean that I can't have an 
>ethernet cable going from my G5 to an external modem with my "American" 
>internal modem, like I do it now with Verizon?

When you are connected via DSL, you aren't using your internal modem at 
all, only your external DSL modem.  What your DSL modem needs to be 
compatible with French DSL, I really can't say.  I can only imagine that 
since DSL uses the same phone lines as an analog modem in the U.S., that 
you will need the same French phone adapter for DSL as you use for an 
analog modem.  See:

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Randy B. Singer

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