KhunHeineken

I disagree it's a fallacy. People in poor countries are, well, poor. They can't afford to just go and buy a new computer for the latest operating system. Even many in western countries are now feeling the their finances squeezed with interest rate rises, higher taxes, inflation, and the higher cost of living. If they have a computer that's working, upgrading may be a luxury the can't afford. I'm not bickering, and I haven't moved the goal posts. I am simply disagreeing with you, and told you why. I find it funny that you said you will be staying with Windows 11, yet it will not "flop." Well, it's "flopped" with you, and "flopped" with me, and how many others? If we had access to Microsoft's data, I would not be surprised if 11 had the slowest uptake of all of Microsoft's operating systems. Your argument is it will not flop because eventually all machines fail, and new machines must be purchased. I agreed with this, it's the obvious, but unless they address the TPM issue (they now have, which I will address in another post) I couldn't see it being widely adopted by the Windows 10 end of life date.

https://www.dss.gov.au/about-the-department/international/international-social-security-agreements/overview-international-social-security-agreements#:~:text=Australia's agreements with Austria%2C Belgium,also include provisions which regulate "Australia's agreements with Austria, Belgium, Chile, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Latvia, the Republic of North Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Switzerland and the USA also include provisions which regulate the Superannuation Guarantee contributions and contributions to partners' countries social security systems for non-resident workers to avoid double-coverage. More information on the Superannuation Guarantee is available on the Australian Taxation Office(link is external) website. Generally, Agreements allow Australian residents to maximise their income by helping them to claim payments from other countries where they have spent part of their working life."

You were overseas "in the gray area" still appearing like you were an Australian resident for taxation purposes? Many have not maintained a "gray area" in Australia and are non residents which ever way you look at them. They will have to do their 2 years.

Are you 125 years old?

It keeps the welfare money circulating in the Australian economy, which also creates employment, and employed people pay income tax. They want to get as much of that welfare money back in GST, excises, rates, fees, levies, tolls, licenses etc. They do not want it going into another country's economy.

Did you read the information in your own link? You have to qualify for the OAP first, before you can look at portability. If you read the residency criteria in your link for determining one's residency status, you will see it's similar to residency for taxation purposes. Here's an example from your link. "Example 1: Derek is single, aged 56, and has spent the last 2 years in Thailand as he prefers the climate and cost of living. He initially went for a short holiday and when he came back he rented out his furnished property in Australia on an indefinite basis and took on a long term lease of an apartment in Thailand. He is not employed. He keeps in contact with extended family by phone and has a return trip booked to Australia for medical treatment. He has to renew his Thai visa every year and does not consider himself to be a resident of Thailand because he is not eligible for a permanent visa there. He plans to return to Australia one day and for this reason has not sold his house. Derek's argument that he does not have a permanent visa to stay in Thailand does not override the fact that he spends the majority of his time living in Thailand. Based on the duration of his absence and the fact that his plans to return to live in Australia are vague, at this point in time he is considered to be residing in Thailand." Does the above sound familiar? "at this point in time he is considered to be residing in Thailand." This means non resident for OAP, and therefore non resident for taxation purposes as well.

Did you buy new hardware with 11 pre installed, or did you manually upgrade? If you upgraded, do your machines have TPM? If not, how did you go with the workaround?

I have mentioned there is a workaround. As October 2025 nears, I'll give the workaround a try, but how many people out there would not be confident of having a go at it, particularly the elderly?

It's you who needs to do more research into how a battery is connected to solar panels and inverter. I'd like to suggest a short course in writing skills, as well. You struggle to convey your thoughts to the reader.

14h October 2025 for most. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-10-home-and-pro

So, if people stay on 10 until the end of support, and they can't afford a new machine, they just stay on 10, right? Look at all the poorer countries with big populations around the world. Affordability is an issue, even more so in the current economic climate. You said it yourself, 10 does everything you want it to do, as it would for most people, and if they can't afford a new machine, they won't be migrating to 11. That means 11 will not be widely adopted until years and years later, as hardware slowly fails. Of course, the workaround for the TPM issue may be made simple by the guys at Github and maybe a download will do all the heavy work to get around the TPM issue. If so, 11 will be adopted by the masses. Sure, but this will take years and years, particularly in poorer countries. MS can "motivate" all they like, but that doesn't put money in people's pocket to be able to afford a new machine. Can you give a couple of examples of desirable features of 11? Funny you mention 12. I would not be surprised if the whole TPM thing sees a big percentage of users simply stay with 10, so they bring out 12 which doesn't need a TPM, and boom, most people migrate over, because they can. You are clinging to one word, "flop." If I changed that word and said, "many people will not buy a new machine in 2025 because they can't afford one" would that make you happy? Imagine a company that bought out an app that only runs on Android 13. How many people do you think would be using the app? Sure, eventually most, but not after years and years until their current phone dies. MS have done the same with 11.

I Googled "c20 battery" and only a small battery comes up. See from an article on the first page of Google. https://naturalenergyhub.com/solar-energy/differences-c10-c20-rated-solar-batteries/ The battery looks small, and not something like one of these. See the next link. https://www.tesla.com/powerwall/design I was just wondering, during a daytime power outage, if the solar panels were charging the c20 battery while you were using your electronics and discharging the battery at the same time, hence, the 8 hour run time. You never mentioned anything about about "night" use.

What protocol are you using?

There are many ways to do it.

How long is the run time on this system if there is a power outage at night?

Is emailing them a scanned copy of the document/s for the lesson an option? They are probably taking a screenshot or recording the lesson anyway.

+ 1 for Seagate drives.

Remember when the "Start" icon disappeared. There was a huge uproar about it. It's what kicked off Classic Shell development. Obviously, MS didn't do their user research very well to see that a high percentage of uses rely heavily on the "Start" icon. Some things by big companies end up being part of their branding, and to not recognize that is a big failure of developers and management. It appears to me that change is now just for change's sake, and does not necessarily benefit the user. They need to survey a broad amount of users and listen to their requests / feedback.

That's becoming less and less as the "user" becomes the product, with their data being mined.

Never had a problem with Classic / Open Shell.

If Windows 11 is still around in 10 years time, sure, it will be the most widely used Windows OS, as old hardware needs to be replace, but my point is, around the time support for Windows 10 ceases, due to hardware incompatibility, Windows 11 may be the least adopted OS Microsoft have released, and it could take years for it to become mainstream. Not really the same old pattern though, is it? The same machines when from Vista, to &, to 10, but these machines can not easily go to 11, if at all. I have an old laptop that had factory installed Vista, which I ten put 7 on it, and then upgraded to 10 on it, but it can't take 11, without a hack, and that's not guaranteed. Yes, but doesn't this comment tend to agree with my point? Millions all around the world, for many years, may very well do just that, keep using 10, and not move to 11, which is why I said, 11 may be the least used OS Microsoft ever released.

I have read some of the reasons that allowed someone to leave Australia during their 2 year qualifying period. Death in the family etc. I didn't see "holiday" so I somehow don't think that could be appealed. Interesting. I'll take that onboard. This website can be viewed by the global public, if one was so vindictive to not help the general public because that would mean helping an individual, whom they have never even met, well, perhaps they need to self assess. I have only personally attacked those who have personally attacked me. What's that saying about people in glass houses? Not sure how I can be regarded as a troll when I have posted link, after link, after link supporting anything I have said, and when I have given my opinion, I have said, "In my opinion." I think you will find because I simply delivered a message that was out of many's comfort zone, and their fear of change, I am the one that has been trolled. I am not assuming any moral high ground. Very strange of you to think such a thing. Says more about you than me. I currently have no skin in the game, but if / when the proposed changes to non resident tax are passed, one strategy I am considering is a complete overhaul of my finances and possibly going from me paying the government every year, to the government paying me every year. Many others may well do the same, so this information is relevant.

Ok. Thanks for the link. We have two websites saying two different things. When I click on the link I see the big disclaimer pop up box, and notice the title of the page says "Guides to social policy law." I'll check it out.

Plenty on Lazada. https://www.lazada.co.th/tag/ups/?q=ups&_keyori=ss&from=input&spm=a2o4m.home.search.go.11257f6dbYWpNF&catalog_redirect_tag=true They are heavy, so you will probably pay a fair bit of freight. The big appliance stores have them, like Banana IT. https://www.bnn.in.th/en/p?q=ups Look for a UPS that you can also change the batteries. The batteries last around 5 years, depending on how many times they are called upon to supply power.

I need to correct this. The ethernet port on the UPS protects your modem / router, which your desktop is plugged into, so both are protected from electricity line surge and telecommunication line surge.