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xingyiman · Joined: 12 Jan 2006

This friday I am buying a notebeek computer. I have settled on an Averatec model for sale at E mart. I have been so frustrated at trying to find a computer that suits me here in Korea. All models that are "high end" are at least 1.5 million Won and dont include many "high end" features. And I cannot believe that they sell notebooks with Celeron processors for 1 million won and above. The Celeron is a shitty processor if you want to do anything besides emailing friends and casual web surfing.

Pericles77 · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Location: Daegu

kangnam mafioso · Joined: 27 Jan 2003 Location: Teheranno

if you're pretty new to korea, i would hold off on buying a computer. just use pc bangs until you're sure you will stay in country a long time.

BigBlackEquus · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 6:40 am Post subject:

The Celeron M is NOT a useless processor. But what they package with it usually isn't great. They now have 1 meg of cache, and are nearly everything that the Centrino is. The only difference being an extra layer of speedstepping on the Centrinos (a layer seldom utilized) and 2 meg of cache.

Many web sites now say it's a better bargain to buy a Celeron M and spend the savings on an extra battery, because the extra meg of cache doesn't help that much with most things, except some games (where you'll be more worried about an expensive computer with a good video card, anyway).

I edit video with Adobe Premiere on my Celeron M laptop, and it does quite well.

But yes, Korea's notebooks are way overpriced. Saw a dual-processor centrino LG X-note for sale in Lotte Dept. Store for something like 1.8 million. That would be a great thing to have.

By the way, you'll find your Avartec a hair cheaper at Wal-Mart (There is one not far from the last stop on the yellow line in Yong-in).

LATAN · Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Location: SEOUL

I hope you are aware that any computers you buy at e-Mart....and most places in Korea...will come fitted with the Korean-language versions of Windows and Microsoft XP Home package.

Such fun discovering this after you have laid out 1-2 mil won for a new computer.

xingyiman · Joined: 12 Jan 2006

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Swiss James · Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: Shanghai

BigBlackEquus · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:45 pm Post subject:

The desktop Celerons are still kind of crap, although they did increase the cache size a bit. Still not worth it to buy a desktop celeron, though.

OH! I saw a deal for you at Carrefour (was at the one in Bundang this weekend). They had an IBM Thinkpad notebook with a Celeron M 1.5 for 900,000 won. It came with 512 of ram and a 60 gig Hard Drive (might have been 80, but I think 60). CD/DVD Player combo (not sure it burns anything, though). I would buy that over the Averatec any day. IBMs are pretty good quality. On the cheap (for Korea) this is a pretty good deal.

weatherman · Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Location: Korea

The Cosmic Hum · Joined: 09 May 2003 Location: Sonic Space

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