Buying a Macbook Pro

If you go to Phuket you might hop over to Malaysia, it's cheaper there.
Langkawi isn't far away with a ferry, but I am not aware of having an Apple outlet there.
If, and only if you have a stopover in Hong Kong that would be a good choice as well, I don't know from where you fly though.
I'm pretty sure they will ship to Hotel, AFAIK they use couriers so an autograph is needed.
There must be Apple stores there, not the official ones but normal ones, and as far as I know warranty is international.

Example:

Macbook Pro 13" Base Model

Thailand 1,274.37*USD

Hong Kong 1,184.46*USD

Malasia 1,190.54*USD

 

Firstly i would like to tell you that in Thailand also have Macintosh Center here is address

Even i lived in thailand but i also purchase my new mac stuff from Online Apple store anyway. But if you wanna buy macbook pro with retina in thailand you can buy it in any branches of iStudio in Thailand.

And yes it comes with international warranty.

 

Macintosh Center is authorize service provide in Thailand.

And here is the link of authorize service provider in Bangkok.

https://locate.apple.com/th/en/service/?pt=4&lat=13.7522222&lon=100.4938889


Not sure about the vat refund.

Hope it helps.

 

This might help:

http://www.apple.com/asia/ipad/buy/resellers-th.html

The Mac centre the Poster above mentioned is a service centre, nothing more.

 

Official shops endorsed by Apple Thailand are the iStudio chains at major shopping malls. You would want to buy from malls in Siam Square and Ratchaprasong areas in downtown Bangkok. Tourists get 7% tax refund vouchers which you can claim at the airport once you leave the country. Make sure you get the tax refund voucher from the shop. Whatever prices that you see, add 7% extra tax discount into them.

 

I just inform you in case when you have a problem with ur stuff.

You can buy it from iStudio or iBeat if you don't want to buy it from online store. There are many branches in Bangkok.

http://www.istudio.in.th/mainpage/index.php

 

Thai and English keyboards are both American QWERTY. The Thai version just has the Thai alphabets printed on the keys. You can request for a pure English machine. Siam Square and Ratchaprasong areas are major tourist attractions; they would definitely have pure English in stock.

You cannot get tax refund from the online store because they ship from abroad. But yes they should deliver to your hotel. In general stuff from Apple online stores arrive next day or the second day after an order via DHL courier.

 

You should buy from iStudio shops, as Ratchakrit mentioned. They look very similar to Apple Store in other countries. They are located at most shopping malls. I just came back from the iStudio shop at Central World Plaza in Ratchaprasong 15 minutes ago. Just got a micro USB to Lightning converter for my iPhone 5.

Ping me here if you need help. I am an IT manager at work and I am a native Bangkokian

 

You're welcome. Have a great time in Thailand!

 

If you mean 2-3 months is near future, don't think so, probably late summer- autumn, depends all on Intel's Haswell.

Oh, and weren't they just updated.

Edit: No, not the non retinas.