Are laptops cheaper in Japan and is it worth the hassle to save a few dollars?

Question

I am going to Japan, yokohama and Tokyo with my school for about two weeks and i want to buy a laptop because i heard its cheaper there but i am not exactly sure and how much trouble is it to change the language settings and all that. Is it worth all the hassle, will i really save a lot of money? And where can i go to get my laptop fixed. and which city is the better place to purchase the laptop

Answer 1

the difference in price isn't that different in most places. But...

you can get some great deals in ikiabara (electric town). It woulden't be too difficult to change the language settings but you would run into trouble with different software codes etc.

Answer 2

NO! DON'T BUY A COMPUTER  IN JAPAN!!!

I came in exchange here without computer, because here the prices are cheaper compared to my country and guess what?

All the laps systems come in Japanese, so If you are good in language maybe it wont bother you having your all your windows system in kanjis (all).

Just think what goes if the computer is bad? how you are going to use your guarantee back in home?.

Don't buy a headache and buy something back at your home (like I should have done).

Answer 3

Not really...I bought a Laptop in Japan before coming to America with my husband, and it was quite expensive for an "ok" computer...I was very much surprised by the prices in America! They are much cheaper here!  if you were to try to buy an HP or a Sony over in Japan, the would be almost 2000 American dollars, but here you can get them for under 1000!  Plus most people from america don't like Japan computers because we do not have the normal keyboard (QWERTY i think you call it) instead we have a keyboard that is set up for Hiragana and only has English as a secondary function.

the power cord is the same here as in Japan!

Answer 4

They may be cheaper, but you get what you pay for.....

Answer 5

Don't forget to consider that the power cord plugins might be different and you would have to use an adapter in the States.