You will have problems with the warranty, and beware when you bring it home. A friend of mine who travels a lot got done by HM Customs when he brought his back. Ironically, he had back and forth to the states 6 times in 8 months with it, and the seventh time he got done. I have in the past bought a machine over there, I ordered it mail order, delivered to my hotel. If you order from one state and deliver to another you avoid State Tax, depending on the state you are in (the mail order places all appear to be in Michigan, something to do with tax?) Since then I have bought 2 laptops, both in the UK. The warranty thing was the reason why. My first Dell went back twice to have things done to it and I have heard that Dell in the UK wil not touch imported machines unless there are extenuating circumstances.