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derl
Joined: 06 Nov 2006
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 Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:25 am Post subject: Mac Book Pro in Korea |
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Where can i buy the macbook pro in Seoul? Someone told me the store in the Coex mall was closed. I dont want to order it online, i just want to go in and buy one.
Is is true that the macbook pros are not wireless??? Someone told me that i would have to buy the wireless card and bluetooth package from the states. |
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gypsychestnut
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Location: in the bowels of korea
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| Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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Where can i buy the macbook pro in Seoul? Someone told me the store in the Coex mall was closed. I dont want to order it online, i just want to go in and buy one.
Is is true that the macbook pros are not wireless??? Someone told me that i would have to buy the wireless card and bluetooth package from the states. |
Many of the stores here that have the Apple logo on them sell Apple accessories, as well as iPod-related things. Trying to find a Macbook is either impossible, or pretty damn close. The Macbook is manufactured in China, so I'm not sure what the import tax would be here if you can even find it, but it'd be much more expensive to buy here, I would imagine. I don't know 100%, though. You can always try the Apple Service kiosk on one of the top floors of Technomart (floor 6 or 7 I think).
All of the new Macbooks, Pro or otherwise (these are the Intel-based Macs), are wireless and come Bluetooth-enabled as part of the standard package.
Hope it helps. |
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Slightly Lit
Joined: 18 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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I saw macbooks(not sure if they had pro or not) at the apple store in Coex a few days ago....prices are comparable with north america if you keep in mind tax is included.
cheers,
Brad |
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gypsychestnut
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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I saw macbooks(not sure if they had pro or not) at the apple store in Coex a few days ago....prices are comparable with north america if you keep in mind tax is included.
cheers,
Brad |
my bad then.
happy shopping  |
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derl
Joined: 06 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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| does anyone know about the wireless situation on the macbook pro's? |
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gypsychestnut
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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| derl wrote: |
| does anyone know about the wireless situation on the macbook pro's? |
read the post: they are all equipped with wireless airports and bluetooth-enabled as standard package |
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derl
Joined: 06 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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| post has been read but i also read two blogs about people who bought macbook pros in seoul and it did not have the wireless/bluetooth package to their surprise. I was just wondering if anyone here has had any first hand knowlege of this, not just what they read on the internet |
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oskinny1
Joined: 10 Nov 2006
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derl
Joined: 06 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 12:15 am Post subject: |
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Just ordered over the phone...got an 8% discount on the pro and he said that some stores did get non-wireless macbook pros siad something but i could not understand because i am only 75% fluent in Korean  . Thanks to everyone that helped me out. |
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AbbeFaria
Joined: 17 May 2005
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 8:50 am Post subject: |
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| derl wrote: |
| Just ordered over the phone...got an 8% discount on the pro and he said that some stores did get non-wireless macbook pros siad something but i could not understand because i am only 75% fluent in Korean . Thanks to everyone that helped me out. |
What are the specs and what did the price come in at after the discount?
-S- |
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mrd
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: fluorescent-filled paradise
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| Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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| My MBP has been making some fan noise on the left side. I want to take it in to an Apple store in Seoul. Is there one in the COEX Mall? Do they perform service there too? |
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derl
Joined: 06 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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| I just got the base config MBP with the 2.16ghz core duo and i ordered the airplane power plug. Those two together came to about 2,151,600. Minus 60,000 won for the airplane power plug |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:06 am Post subject: |
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| Personally, I'd have my sister buy it for me back in the states and have her mail it to me (opened, not in the origanal box) much cheaper and I sorta doupt that the versions here are the same as those sold for the US market. |
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europe2seoul
Joined: 12 Sep 2005
Location: Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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| derl wrote: |
| I just got the base config MBP with the 2.16ghz core duo and i ordered the airplane power plug. Those two together came to about 2,151,600. Minus 60,000 won for the airplane power plug |
I guess you travel business or first class so you can use it  |
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AbbeFaria
Joined: 17 May 2005
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:54 am Post subject: |
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| europe2seoul wrote: |
| derl wrote: |
| I just got the base config MBP with the 2.16ghz core duo and i ordered the airplane power plug. Those two together came to about 2,151,600. Minus 60,000 won for the airplane power plug |
I guess you travel business or first class so you can use it |
I was pricing a Macbook yesterday and saw the airline power plug and wondered if I should get it. The thing was, I couldn't recall seeing any kind of outlet when flying, so I guess that's why. Lame, dude. Because I don't have the money to pay 2 grand for a ticket, I'm apparently too poor to own a laptop, is that what American Airlines is telling me? That's just straight elitism right there. Where's DDuebel when you need him.
-S- |
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