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Forums > Living in Kunming > Buying Mac in PRC or HK

As a long term Mac user in Kunming and thought I would clarify a few things:

- I have used Apple products for years and never had to show a receipt when taking them for repairs under warranty. If you are pedantic and it really concerns you, then get a warranty, but in 15 years of using Apple products I've never needed it for repairs.

- Despite warranties being international, I have had very occasional trouble getting overseas purchases repaired in Kunming when the Chinese version (iPhone in particular) differs from overseas version.

- If you are not a Chinese citizen and you bring your passport with you, the following place is the only place that can usually deal with the overseas warranty issue:
直信创邺昆明店
云南省昆明市一二一大街44-46121数码城507
昆明, 云南 650000
0871-65107078
One time they had to replace my Australian iPhone with a CN version because the parts were different. Was still 100% free and works fine.

- If you want to buy Mac stuff at close to HK prices, many of the Mac stores in Kunming will offer you the choice of CN version or HK version. More expensive than buying in HK, but cheaper than normal China prices.

- All Mac products are international and don't have language restrictions (as stated by laotao above).

- Never tried the Taobao route as I prefer to have a place I can easily take things back to if there is a problem.

- DAC Kunming is my favourite Apple store in Kunming as the guys there really understand how to mod a Mac to get the best performance. For products out of warranty (or you voided warranty by modding your Mac), their repairs are also cheap and good. Call 4006687704 (not an ad, they are just good and speak English)

Hope this helps

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Forums > Food & Drink > Dim Sum?

@opper @mmkmteacher Good recommendation. You are both talking about the same place :)

I just paid a visit for lunch to check it out. Great value. Quality not up to 新人人 standard (which is still doesn't come close to HK or GD standards) but provides pretty serious competition to 深圳酒楼. Cheaper and more central are definitely huge pluses though. Range of dim sum items more limited... Sad considering that even 新人人 has only a fraction of the dishes you would expect in HK.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > moving to kunming

@Alien: Fair call. I wouldn't take the risk with my own child, but accept that the city has obviously successfully delivered millions of babies over the years and that most have no problem.

Just feel that if you have the choice of where to give birth, choose the place with the best possible medical care. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > moving to kunming

If you have the choice, don't deliver here. Medical treatment here is pretty basic and doctors seem to have little to no idea what they are talking about (even basic stuff). So aside from a factory style hospital environment that would get the job done if nothing goes wrong, you are kinda stuck if something does go wrong and you / baby need serious medical attention.

Would thoroughly recommend staying in Australia or zipping down to Thailand for a couple of months and giving birth there instead. I've seen so many misdiagnosis here that have later caused bigger issues it is ridiculous.

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While I am on the topic of calendars, a schedule of minority festivals around the province would be awesome too.

All looks good.. Have always thought that the calendar would be well served by an "add this event" or "subscribe" button that would allow users to add events to their personal calendars with a click or subscribe to events at their favourite venues.

Awesome article. Thanks Matthew and GoKunming for getting this out early so that people can plan to get down to experience this.

Has GoKunming ever looked at creating a festivals Wiki page or something with a list of all these random things that happen around the province. It seems impossible to stay informed of these until it is too late. Might be easier to accomplish it it was community driven.

Also, those maps are fantastic. What program was used to make them??

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Awesome little bakery. Lots of interesting food. For every Australian out there, the meat pies smelled great, though they weren't ready for eating when I went in. Will definitely be back for those soon.