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Matman
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 Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:02 am Post subject: How much for a new laptop with 2GB RAM + 17" screen? |
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I'm wondering whether to buy a new laptop in the UK or wait until I come over to Korea in a few weeks.
In the UK I can buy this HP for 1,223,339 South Korean won:
� HP Pavilion dv9340 Notebook
- Genuine Windows Vista� Home Premium
- Intel� Core� 2 Duo processor T5500
- 17" WXGA+ High Definition Monitor
- 160 GB hard disk drive
- 2048 MB Standard Memory
- Lightscribe Super Multi DVD Writer (+/-R +/-RW)
WAS �999 - Now �799
How much would something of similar specs set me back in South Korea? I tried searching some Korean websites mentioned on this forum but the prices seemed to be at least 2 million won for similar specs. Anyone seen anything for cheaper (same specs though) on a Korean website? |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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They do seem to be more expensive here.
Saying that I saw a notebook with a 19in screen. 19 farking inches. I would need to start working out extra hard to carry that around with me. |
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Thunndarr
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 5:13 pm Post subject: Re: How much for a new laptop with 2GB RAM + 17" screen |
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| Matman wrote: |
I'm wondering whether to buy a new laptop in the UK or wait until I come over to Korea in a few weeks.
In the UK I can buy this HP for 1,223,339 South Korean won:
� HP Pavilion dv9340 Notebook
- Genuine Windows Vista� Home Premium
- Intel� Core� 2 Duo processor T5500
- 17" WXGA+ High Definition Monitor
- 160 GB hard disk drive
- 2048 MB Standard Memory
- Lightscribe Super Multi DVD Writer (+/-R +/-RW)
WAS �999 - Now �799
How much would something of similar specs set me back in South Korea? I tried searching some Korean websites mentioned on this forum but the prices seemed to be at least 2 million won for similar specs. Anyone seen anything for cheaper (same specs though) on a Korean website? |
I just did a very quick scan and came up with this:
Samsung Sens Nt-G15A/Y180
Vista Home Premium (Probably Korean)
Intel Core Duo T2130 (1.8Gz)
17 inch 1280*1024 screen
320GB HDD
1GB ram
DVD burner (no brand listed)
Radeon x1250 128MB video
899,000 won
Ram is a bit less, but you can add that in. I'm not sure how this processor compares, might be a bit slower, but the hard drive is bigger, so that's good. The big question is whether you can get a legit English copy of Vista instead of Korean, which I can't answer for you. |
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Thunndarr
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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| mrsquirrel wrote: |
They do seem to be more expensive here.
Saying that I saw a notebook with a 19in screen. 19 farking inches. I would need to start working out extra hard to carry that around with me. |
From the same site as my above post:
LG and Samsung both have 19 inch laptops starting around 1,000,000 with similar specs to the Samsung in my previous post, perhaps a bit better. |
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Matman
Joined: 02 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 5:54 pm Post subject: Re: How much for a new laptop with 2GB RAM + 17" screen |
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| Thunndarr wrote: |
I just did a very quick scan and came up with this:
Samsung Sens Nt-G15A/Y180
Vista Home Premium (Probably Korean)
Intel Core Duo T2130 (1.8Gz)
17 inch 1280*1024 screen
320GB HDD
1GB ram
DVD burner (no brand listed)
Radeon x1250 128MB video
899,000 won
Ram is a bit less, but you can add that in. I'm not sure how this processor compares, might be a bit slower, but the hard drive is bigger, so that's good. The big question is whether you can get a legit English copy of Vista instead of Korean, which I can't answer for you. |
Excellent info, thanks. It would probably work out about the same price with the extra 1 GB of RAM.
I have English copies of Vista and XP so that's not a problem. |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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Would you want a Samsung?
UK you have a decent choice of laptops as well.
I still think for workhorse laptops Thinkpad is the way to go. |
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Matman
Joined: 02 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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| mrsquirrel wrote: |
Would you want a Samsung?
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Possibly not. I just looked at some UK websites and they're dirt cheap. I saw specs the same as those quoted above with 2GB of ram for the equivalent of about 1 million won. Are these Samsung laptops total garbage or what? I might be better off paying a bit extra for a Dell, HP or Thinkpad. |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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Wouldn't touch a Dell with your knob.
HP is ok for the business machines.
Thinkpad for me all the way now. Never looked back. Sod flashing lights and reflective screens. Thinkpad is an ugly work horse. |
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Matman
Joined: 02 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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| I owned a Dell and it lasted for years with no problems. They're very high quality laptops. |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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I presume that was before their mass marketing drive of the last few years.
Most people seem to forget old Dell going bust in the early nineties. |
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Thunndarr
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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I'm more or less brand agnostic when it comes to hardware, but I'd be curious if anyone has had any experience with Korean made notebooks. Certainly the Samsung and LG 17" and 19" models have pretty good price tags (for Korea, at any rate.)
LG, especially, has what looks like an excellent desktop replacement 19 inch notebook with a GeForce 8600 series video card for the not-too-shabby price of 1.4 million won. (I don't know how that stacks up against overseas competition, as it's been well over a year since I've browsed notebooks.)
Edit: This is the behemoth I'm talking about.
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:16 pm Post subject: Re: How much for a new laptop with 2GB RAM + 17" screen |
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| Matman wrote: |
I'm wondering whether to buy a new laptop in the UK or wait until I come over to Korea in a few weeks.
In the UK I can buy this HP for 1,223,339 South Korean won:
� HP Pavilion dv9340 Notebook
- Genuine Windows Vista� Home Premium
- Intel� Core� 2 Duo processor T5500
- 17" WXGA+ High Definition Monitor
- 160 GB hard disk drive
- 2048 MB Standard Memory
- Lightscribe Super Multi DVD Writer (+/-R +/-RW)
WAS �999 - Now �799
How much would something of similar specs set me back in South Korea? I tried searching some Korean websites mentioned on this forum but the prices seemed to be at least 2 million won for similar specs. Anyone seen anything for cheaper (same specs though) on a Korean website? |
You of course realize that a laptop with a 17" monitor is nothing more than an underpowered lightweight desktop. It is NOT very portable.
A comparable desktop machine (intel E4300) here would run about 400-500k won with the monitor included.
1 million won will get you a quad core - Q6600 (or an Intel 6850 dual core) with a 500 gig HDD, 2 gigs of RAM, DVD burner, AND a 22" monitor. |
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cangel
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Location: Jeonju, S. Korea
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, I too saw that 19" monster, called a desk note, at both Hi Mart and TechnoMart. And that's not 19" horizontally, that's 19" as in screen width. It's not something you want to lug around. Good specs and good price at W1,299,000 (as I remember it) but not really mobile as one would want. |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Just wait for the 22in monsters to come out. You know they will. |
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Matman
Joined: 02 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:44 am Post subject: |
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LG and Samsung laptops don't seem to be widely available outside of Korea. That's odd considering their monitors, TVs, mobiles etc are so widely available. I don't know if that says anything for their quality.
I'm aware that a 17" is not very portable but I just need it for my apartment and if I get sick of Korea after a few months and decide to take off for Thailand, at least I can bring my laptop with me. |
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