Eee PC Coming To South Korea
February 1st, 2008 by antAccording to this article [english translation], the ASUS Eee PC 4G will be launched and sold in South Korea on February 22, 2008. It will be available in Black or White first, and the other green, pink, and blue versions will be available in time.
It’s difficult to tell from the article translation, but it looks like they will either run Windows XP, or may be available in both Linux and Windows variants.
They will sell for 400,000 South Korean won, which translates to about $423 USD.
[Edit 2/2/08 5:15am ] Looks like I got the price wrong because of translation issues. It will be selling for 499,000 won which is about $528 USD.
[thanks for the tip, Say!]
February 1st, 2008 at 3:25 pm
all the comments are negative… seems like the koreans don’t like it.
February 1st, 2008 at 3:49 pm
it seems like they are planning to distribute linux and window xp version seperately for the first time. on the comments, it seems as if they are complaining about the tiny storage capacity, mediocre resolution, and higher price then expected. overall, neagative comments : )
February 1st, 2008 at 9:11 pm
it’s lost in the translation but it says it’ll be 400,000 something wons, only meaning the first figure will be 4. it’s a marketing stratagy in korea, but when they say it that way, it’s likely to be 490,000 wons. it’s like something is under $500 and putting $499.99 for the price in the states side.
February 2nd, 2008 at 2:07 am
It’s 499,000 won.
February 2nd, 2008 at 1:23 pm
In this article they sad the price of xp version EEE PC would be under 500,000 won, between 400,000~499,999.
Also they will be launch Linux version around 300,000 won. They did not open the inforamtion of the EEE PC price in S.Korea.
February 12th, 2008 at 6:46 am
Having spoken to ASUS ‘’stall” owner at big tek mart in Seoul recently the price from Feb 22 will we the 400000won…4g only…
February 12th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
hi, paul!
is it really 400,000won? not 499,000won?
i’m expecting to get eee pc in south korea..
more info please.
gracias.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:06 am
Any idea how/ where to buy one other than as yamsang in seoul? Busan is much closer. Any thoughts?
April 8th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
I got Eee in south korea.
I paid 500000 korea won it’s almost 500US$
I love my Eee, It is gonna be my priority PC.
April 13th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Hi, Juno, hi, all
I live in SKorea,
I would love to see a EEE PC
can you tell me where did you buy yours and how is doing?
thanks so much
fer