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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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 Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:10 pm Post subject: What are computers like in Korea? |
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Hello all, I'm just curious if PCs are the same in Korea as in the US, as far as the cable types and connectability of hardware. I'm thinking about bringing my hard drive and just buying a PC to put it in when I'm there, or maybe just buying a laptop instead, depending on prices.
Also, what are the keyboards like? Are English keyboards hard to find in Internet cafes and the like?
Cheers,
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peemil
Joined: 09 Feb 2003
Location: Koowoompa
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| Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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| It's all same same but different. Keyboards are in English everywhere, they just have some added Korean characters. |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Bringing just the hard drive is a wise option. Everything else is standard .. and u can set ur keyboard to whatever language you want. Easy-peasy. Keyboards here have Roman and Hangeul characters, which is very useful. |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Virtually everythign in Korea is 220V, your computer is 110V. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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What are computers like in Korea?
They're big green things with four eyes and a spiky tail. When you turn them on they go, 'pfut, pfut, pring!'. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Pyongshin Sangja wrote: |
| Virtually everythign in Korea is 220V, your computer is 110V. |
Will that fry my hard drive? It's SATA connection type, which I think is meant to handle more power.
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Ummm, fry? SATA? Ah, yeah. You probably have a universal adapter. Transformers here cost about W15,000 for a single 220/110 step down. This question could get answered much more accurately on the tech forum but it might not get noticed there for a few days. |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:22 am Post subject: |
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| I cannot think of a computer that is not multi-voltage. The internal power is the same whether the external power source is 110 or 220. |
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Derrek
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:37 am Post subject: |
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Whatever you bring, chances are, you can make it work.
The main differences:
Power supplies are 220, and many (or most) are switchable to 110). You may as well buy a new power supply and cord as buy a transformer. That would be my opinion. You can get a new power supply with a 220v cord for about 30,000 won and up. The same power is output to the motherboard -- all of which are the same as back home.
The keyboards have all of the regular keys in the same places as back home. Only there is another key or two for switching between English or Korean. No worries about the keyboards here.
The rest is basically the same. You can run English windows here, if you want. The Korean version looks the same, but just has Korean on the icons and menus, etc. |
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peemil
Joined: 09 Feb 2003
Location: Koowoompa
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:37 am Post subject: |
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What are computers like in Korea?
They're big green things with four eyes and a spiky tail. When you turn them on they go, 'pfut, pfut, pring!'. |
You know, I was going to write something like that but then I decided against it... |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:41 am Post subject: |
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What are computers like in Korea?
They're big green things with four eyes and a spiky tail. When you turn them on they go, 'pfut, pfut, pring!'. |
You know, I was going to write something like that but then I decided against it... |
Yeah. I know. Cheap shot. |
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plato's republic
Joined: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Ancient Greece
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:15 am Post subject: computors |
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since we're on the topic of computors and laptops, how much would a laptop cost in korea? are there any areas in Seoul similar to akihabara in Tokyo where you can find all sorts of cheap electronics?
I would like to buy a laptop when i go to korea but was
just wondering if i can actually save money and take it back to europe with me when i eventually leave...? any advice would be great! |
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Blind Willie
Joined: 05 May 2004
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:51 am Post subject: |
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I dont know about you guys, but I was happy when they stuck some of these bad-boys in the PC bangs last year:
FEAR MY 300 BAUD POWER! |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:23 am Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
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What are computers like in Korea?
They're big green things with four eyes and a spiky tail. When you turn them on they go, 'pfut, pfut, pring!'. |
You know, I was going to write something like that but then I decided against it... |
Yeah. I know. Cheap shot. |
Someone had to do it; the temptation simply was too strong not to. |
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Ryst Helmut
Joined: 26 Apr 2003
Location: In search of the elusive signature...
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:39 am Post subject: |
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| Wangja wrote: |
| I cannot think of a computer that is not multi-voltage. The internal power is the same whether the external power source is 110 or 220. |
Yeah...but get this...
so a few years back I take a holiday to visit my folks and have a monster computer built for me. I bring it to Korea and am anxious to get it up and running (it had been sitting at my parents' place the whole time), I plug it in and ^#$^&@%&BAM!
My
heart
sank
I forogt to flip that little switch at the back of the comp from 220 to 110.
Luckily, just a thingy-ma-bob blew (?transformer?) and I could easily exchange that at any comp. shop in Korea...
!shoosh
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