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teacherk
Joined: 19 Feb 2010
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 Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:40 am Post subject: laptop needed |
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| My laptop just died. I just need something basic to tide me over. I am in Northern Seoul but can travel within Seoul to pick up. |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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| You should get a new laptop if you need one |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:07 pm Post subject: Re: laptop needed |
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| teacherk wrote: |
| My laptop just died. I just need something basic to tide me over. I am in Northern Seoul but can travel within Seoul to pick up. |
Go to Yongsan, (sun-in plaza) and get yourself a cheap desktop (twice the power and 1/2 the cost of a laptop) and dispose of it (sell, strip, give away) when you head home.
200k gets you a NEW tower and 100k can get you a basic LCD screen (new).
200k can get you an older (last year's) dual core system (complete) if you don't mind used. Just add your favorite flavor of English windows.
ANY laptop new or used will cost you more than double the cost of a cheap tower.
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Senior
Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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| djsmnc wrote: |
| You should get a new laptop if you need one |
This is good advice.
I was in the exact same situation. My laptop broke down and I needed a new one. Went and bought a new one. It worked out great!
Good luck OP.  |
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machinoman
Joined: 12 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Senior wrote: |
| djsmnc wrote: |
| You should get a new laptop if you need one |
This is good advice.
I was in the exact same situation. My laptop broke down and I needed a new one. Went and bought a new one. It worked out great!
Good luck OP. |
+1
I agree. This one is a no-brainer. Get a new laptop, that way the old laptop will have been replaced, and your laptop void will have been filled. |
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egrog1717
Joined: 12 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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Or figure out what's wrong with your laptop, and hit up Ebay for parts...
(Had to get a new power connection node for my laptop... 8 bucks w/ shipping on Ebay, took my motherboard to a guy in Yongsan and paid him a couple of bucks to take off the old node and solder the new one in place... Put it all back together and works like a charm  ) |
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Hobophobic
Joined: 16 Aug 2004
Location: Sinjeong negorie mokdong oh ga ri samgyup sal fighting
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tc20
Joined: 28 Nov 2009
Location: korea
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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I got an old LG Thinkpad craptop you can have for 25,000 plus shipping.
Works for basic stuff. Kinda slow. |
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