Important Inquiries to approve purchasing decision

There are some Inquiries, I hope to reply me with clear answers for them to decide purchasing the product I want :
Is the quality of products ( Macbook pro) identical with that exported to Saudi Arabia or more ?
Is the Apple's guarantee international ? ( Can me use it outside of USA)
If any product purchased by a person is resident in USA, and he wants to ship to another country by Apple free,Is possible ?
for anyway, How much the shipment cost to Saudi Arabia by one of express mail agencies like(DHL,Aramex.....itc) ? and how long time take to arrive?
How long time (the period) take from beginning to prepare Item for sending until arriving the dest. place?
Thank you,

Defo the MBP.
And the 17" is worth it, as the screen real-estate is very useful for more in-depth work of various types, but it really depends on whether you want to carry the machine around a lot &/or whether you want to get additional hi-res large monitors (which the latest MBP can easily handle over Thunderbolt).
*Additionally*:
(1) do not buy your RAM upgrade from Apple. For example, 8GB just cost me £70 from Crucial direct, whereas Apple wanted £300 for exactly the same amount (they often use Samsung-branded stuff of the same quality). There is no difference in quality whatsoever, most RAM is the same: it either works or (very occasionally) doesn't, and companies like Crucial offer lifetime warranty anyway, so any (highly unlikely) RAM failure is fully covered for free replacement.
(2) The new MBP's (that use 1333-speed RAM) have it available from these third parties upto *16GB* now - fully working, no issues whatsoever. Apple don't officially support it yet (or officially supply it, but they will, and at a highly inflated price), and it is quite expensive. But if you do what I did and wait a year or so, it will become much cheaper. eg. when I bought my MBP the 8GB was going to cost direct from Apple £1000 (or £600 non-Apple suppliers), and it now cost me just £70 - hence HUGE savings given the time you will definitely need to upgrade it.
(oh, and I just went in my local Apple Store here in the UK, and spoke to a senior staff member who said RAM and HDD/SSD drive upgrades done by the machine owner do not break the terms of Applecare either - which is a bonus!)
If you notice here: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/AppleMacBook_MacBook_Pro/Upgrade/DDR3_1333MHzSDRAM
The 8GB is currently only $113, while 16GB is a massive $1600! Hence waiting 18-24 months when you want to upgrade to 16GB, it'll be MUCH cheaper.

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how can i prevent that not Approved Purchase Requisition are not able to create Purchase Order?
To reproduce:
create Purchasing Requisition (do not approve it)
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Edited by: 867673 on 31.08.2011 07:18

Hallo Sandeep Gandhi,
thanks for Your reply. It is not about whether what someone should or should not, but that this possibility at all should not exist. That the not approved Requisition can convert into RFQ (or rather in Quote and after that into PO) in my case is not desired and should be prevent of system. For example, you want buy as emploee car in your company, you generate Request (not approved Requisition) and then you convert it to RFQ. It could be possible, that in big company, the buyer make real RFQ or get real Quotations. And my Ask is how can i prevent it? You mind "You can consider writing a step in the PO approval workflow that checks if the PO Distribution is tied to a Req Distribution." If I tied or rather reference the Requisition Distribution with PO-Distribution would it be prevent the generation of PO without of approval of this Requisition (not with autocreate but also with Tool/copy Document type)? And then, can you discribe how can i writing a step in the PO approval workflow?
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