If I buy a laptop in England with a UK-based ISP will I be able to connect to the internet in Taiwan?
My parents want to get me a laptop for Xmas, but I live in Taiwan and only go back to my home in the UK intermittently. Would it be better for my parents to get an "internet ready" laptop or not? It would be great if I could use it in both countries. Would I need two separate ISPs? I am a relative novice when it comes to computers and any help would be much appreciated.
Laptops & Notebooks - 2 Answers
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Answer 1 :
An internet ready laptop means that it has a LAN card and probably a wireless card. There is no point in your parents getting an ISP in UK if you live in Taiwan. Just tell them to buy you the laptop and you can get an ISP account from an ISP in Taiwan.
Answer 2 :
Yes you will need two separate ISPs, one for UK and one for Taiwan. For the laptops, most of the laptops sold in the market today is internet ready. You can shoot me an e-mail if you need any help. I'm a DSL technical support agent. prue_haliwell_15@yahoo.com
Answer 3 :
If you are living in Taiwan long-term, then you should have your parents put the money in your bank account ..... and then you should buy the laptop in Taiwan. Also, you have to consider that if living in Taiwan long term, you will probably want to set up your computer with Chinese-English bilingual capability. That will be easy to do in Taiwan. But in the UK that would be much more difficult. (One would assume that the UK is a primarily English speaking environment .... ) So, in terms of getting an "internet ready" laptop, of course you will want to do so, however I recommend that you do it in Taiwan. As far as having an ISP goes ...... in the present day and age, you really don't need an internet account with a local provider if you are not living in the area on a long-term basis ..... All you need is an "internet connection." An "internet connection" can easily be gotten at a friend's house or an internet coffee shop. If you use web-based email (such as hotmail, gmail, etc.) and web-based blogs, etc. .... you can view all of your online emails, weblogs, from anywhere in the world. If you maintain a website via FTP, then you can have your FTP program, and the necessary access codes, on your laptop. In a similar manner, you can access and maintain that website from anywhere in the world with only an "internet connection."
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