Mac or PC for Korean language?
Hello,
I'm a PhD student in anthropology doing research on South Korea, and hence, using a lot of Korean web pages and word processing. (I also sometimes use Chinese and Japanese). My old PC laptop is starting to break, and I'm in the market for a new, sleeker, lighter laptop. I am really taken with the idea of getting a Macbook (they are on sale at my school right now for even less than they would usually be for students).
I don't mean to start a war over whether PCs or Macs are better in general- I know that both have strengths and weaknesses, and I'm primarily interested in making the switch to a Mac because of the ease of video editing. But...which has better Asian language word processing support/software? If I buy a Mac, should I buy Windows for Mac? Or something else?
Also, does a Mac come with more things installed than a PC? It's been such a long time since I've bought a computer that I'm kind of dismayed that I need to buy Word (or whatever other program I end up buying- iWorks?) separately, but c'est la vie.
I also am a bit concerned because I'll be doing fieldwork in Korea 2009-2011, and I know that Macs are not so widely used in Korea. I know that there is an Apple store in Seoul, though, and I've heard that Macs are slowly becoming more popular.
What would you all advise? Thank you!
I'm a PhD student in anthropology doing research on South Korea, and hence, using a lot of Korean web pages and word processing. (I also sometimes use Chinese and Japanese). My old PC laptop is starting to break, and I'm in the market for a new, sleeker, lighter laptop. I am really taken with the idea of getting a Macbook (they are on sale at my school right now for even less than they would usually be for students).
I don't mean to start a war over whether PCs or Macs are better in general- I know that both have strengths and weaknesses, and I'm primarily interested in making the switch to a Mac because of the ease of video editing. But...which has better Asian language word processing support/software? If I buy a Mac, should I buy Windows for Mac? Or something else?
Also, does a Mac come with more things installed than a PC? It's been such a long time since I've bought a computer that I'm kind of dismayed that I need to buy Word (or whatever other program I end up buying- iWorks?) separately, but c'est la vie.
I also am a bit concerned because I'll be doing fieldwork in Korea 2009-2011, and I know that Macs are not so widely used in Korea. I know that there is an Apple store in Seoul, though, and I've heard that Macs are slowly becoming more popular.
What would you all advise? Thank you!