Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Bob V]

Ok, I've decided to buy my laptop here before I get to Korea. I have a list of some of the models I am looking at and was wondering if anyone had one of these or any input about them. Or any other suggestions. I decided to go with a big screen (the 17" widescreens are sweet). The two with asterisks are the ones I am most interested in.

Toshiba Satellite P25-s507
Toshiba Satellite P25-s607*
Hewlett Packard Pavillion zd7010*
Sony Vaio GRV550
Compaq Presario 3045US

Anyone know anything about any of these. Will my warranty still be good in Korea? Thanks for your help.

Bob

[ulsanchris]

i have a compaq presario 2560ap and it sucks. stay away from compaq. in fact i'm not even writing this on my presario because it is being repaired. this is the 4th time (i think) i have had to send it away to be reparied, the third time in the last 2 months. i've owned it for about 8 months.

[Bulsajo]

Toshiba's 3 year international warranty is a strong selling point, and I know first-hand that it's honored in Korea.

[Mr. Pink]

I thought sony had a world wide warrenty?

Anyway I went with sony, but if I could do it again, I probably would have gone Dell or Toshiba.

[Bob V]

I think I am going to go with the Toshiba, I heard that the graphics card doesnt hold up to hard gaming. Is that true? How much of a pain in the ass would it be to carry it back and forth to school every day? Thanks

Bob

[Bulsajo]

No laptop is going to be able to meet your hardcore gaming needs unless you go out and buy an Alienware or a similarly-priced high-end laptop (and if you do make sure it has the capacity to UPGRADE the video card- most laptops don't). A decent graphics card is often the single most expensive computer component these days- more expensive than the mainboard, the cpu, the ram, the hard drive, the Cd drive, and more expensive than most combo burner drives. If you're serious about gaming you should stay away from laptops or be prepared to throw down serious coin.

Alienware Area 51 specs


But if you're not too fussy about anti-aliasing and frame rates and aren't looking to play Doom3 or HalfLife2, then as long as your laptop has some sort of onboard 3D graphics capability you should be alright.

[Derrek]

Bulsajo:

Thanks for that pic... that is one COOL looking laptop!

Wish I had a poster of that to hang on my wall.

[Mr. Pink]