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napoleon8
Joined: 18 May 2003
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 Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:45 am Post subject: Why can't I buy a Korean desktop PC in America? |
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| As you know, all the desktop computers in South Korea are Korean brands (LG, Samsung, Daewoo, Hyundai). However, I'm currently in the U.S. looking to buy a desktop, and I can't find a single Korean-branded PC. Why is this? I can't even find a used one on eBay. Search on-line at all the U.S. sites, and you won't find any. But yet most of the desktop monitors are LG or Samsung. What's going on? |
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dazzed
Joined: 26 May 2007
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:54 am Post subject: |
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| Actually there is a Korean brand comp that people don't know it's a Korean brand. It's called Tri-gem. |
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languistic
Joined: 25 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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Korea isn't in the pre-built export market; they rightly leave that black hole to Dell, etc.
If you really want a Magic Station, send me some cash and I will box one up for you. |
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ThingsComeAround
Joined: 07 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:26 am Post subject: |
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| Send me more cash I'll throw in an "I Love Korea" mousepad |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:21 am Post subject: |
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| They used to be. Our first computer back in 1988 in Canada was a Samsung. At some point they got out of the full model export business and went only to parts. |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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| I believe up until a couple of years ago many of Dell's computers were actually Samsung computers. However I'm not sure if they have renewed this arrangement. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:02 am Post subject: |
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It really doesn't matter what name is on the front of a desktop case......there might be major components from 10 or more different manufacturers in there.......get down to circuit board components and there could be dozens of manufacturers involved.
Buy a Samsung PC and it's likely that not one single piece of that computer was made by Samsung. Really................ Maybe the RAM.
LG and Hyundai? Forget it. They don't make any computer components. They're all made by Asus (Taiwan) and other various Chinese and Taiwanese manufacturers.
That's why I always advise on Dave's to not shop by brand name.....always choose your laptop/computer by spec versus price ratio......the internals by any company are made by God knows who. And none of those Chinese/Taiwanese component manufacturers really has a big reputation for having better quality than another. They are all clones. |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:22 am Post subject: |
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| ^ Good points. When it comes down to it if a lot of users complain about a certain model (not brand) not performing I tend to avoid it. |
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