Buying macbook from america

i am looking at buying a macbook from america and getting my friend to send it out to me because it is a lot cheaper than buying it in australia. will there be any limitations if she buys it with her itunes account? and do you know of any taxes that may incur as it enters australia?

Games or software in general don't have regional zoning, I bought games in the US many times without any problems.
Regarding Universal Binary, you should have a look there:
http://guides.macrumors.com/UniversalBinaryGames
This is a report of games that are UB, and more importantly, wether a particular non-UB game works or not on Intel-based macs.
This is generally reliable, although I noticed that Star Wars Knights of Old Republic (KOTOR) doesn't work, and the UB patch that should have been available never came...

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