What&#039;s the way to get a good used PC or Laptop&nbsp; at Tsinghua that will permit one to: study; use Skype; and Messenger ???? What are the reference prices? Whom should be contacted for this purpose?<br />Thanking you in anticipation for your reply ,<br />Scuba

Hi Scuba,<br /><br />This will be a more difficult one.<br /><br />For used computers you have limited options depending on your abilities:<br /><br />- Chinese capable (either you, or a buddy you can trust)<br /><br />You can search/ask the student forums at Tsinghua, such as www.newsmth.net, you can post ads around school, and you can ask the vendors at Zhong Guan Cun<br /><br />- Non-Chinese capable<br /><br />You will have to look through expat magazines such as That&#039;s Beijing for adverts on shops that build/sell computers. The chances of you finding a used one will be slim. You can also post ads at SIT cafe and Lush, plenty of foreigners go there that are around the Haidian area.<br /><br />Of course if you buy a used computer from a local, your Windows will probably be in Chinese. It is best to just bring your own laptop from wherever you&#039;re coming from, or at least a hard drive with everything installed in your native language, then just buying the case, dvd, power, cables and etc here.<br /><br />But Zhong Guan Cun is the place to go for anything computer related, I usually go to the Ding Hao tower, the other towers are fine too. Just be somewhat Chinese capable. Any non-native Chinese looking face will automatically receive higher quotations, so bargain hard.