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bnrockin · Joined: 27 Feb 2006

So I will be in Korea in a year and I had a few questions about computers.

#1. If I don't come with a computer, is it easy to access one that has connection to the internet? Do most schools come with some sort of computer labs that a teacher can use?

#2. If I want to buy a computer in Korea, do where is the best place to buy one? Do they have HP brand computers? What is the best brand? If I buy it, will it be all in Korean?

Thanks so much!

and p.s. I am planning on buying a laptop.

seoulsucker · Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 4:42 pm Post subject:

By some accounts, Korea is the most "wired" country in the world. There are PC cafes with high speed net access on every block in just about every urban area in the country.

Depending on your school, you should access to the net, though sometimes schools only have a few computers shared by several teachers.

Home access is cheap, fast, and reliable.

The Yongsan electronics market is one of the most well-known markets to buy computers and components in all of Asia, you should have no problem finding exactly what you need there. It is possible to get an english OS installed on your computer, though you might have to do a little bit of hunting.

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

seoulsucker · Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:17 pm Post subject:

I lived in a small area like that last year, about an hour from the Seoul city limits. It was small and isolated, but if you were walking down the main street, it might as well have been Seoul.

Even the rural areas here have an "urban" feel to them.