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6 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

IMO they demand it to keep out those that are too poor to be able to pay for exceptional situations like hospital after an accident. Quite right too.

If you don't want to comply with the requirements go live at home, wherever that is.

What if Thailand is their home?

16 hours ago, Falconator said:

Two options:

Pay health insurance costs of nearly $10,000 per year in the US

Pay health insurance costs of $2,000 per year in Thailand

 

 

What about if he doesn't hail from the USA at all? Oh...you thought there were only two countries in the whole world? 

Wow...just....wow...

2 minutes ago, johnray said:

If it works in the shop the chances it will work at home.  Just try out everything.

 

If it's second hand the battery is usually be broken.

What? Really?

1 hour ago, JusticeGB said:

I have both AIS and True. At different times of the day one or the other can slow down rapidly particularly when children come back from school or workers return from work. I use both as a hotspot if the wifi signal drops on one of the providers. A post paid unlimited 30gb wifi on True is 321 a month. The quoted speed only works for part of the day. Everything depends upon where you live and the time of day you use your mobile phone wifi.

What is that? Three words that contradict each other.

If you go to Tukcom, there is also IT City on the top floor.. I bought the laptop I am using now there, in February of 2007. Yes, 2007 and still working perfectly.

38 minutes ago, patekatek said:

Thanks, everyone, for your responses.  It appears I will have several options for comparing prices and products while in Pattaya.  I also did some web checking and there is a JIB store in Phetchaburi, about 35 km from my house.  One in Hua Hin as well.  85 km.

Do not buy any laptop that does not utilise Solid State Drive for storage, unless you know how to upgrade from HDD to SSD by yourself. The old style spinning discs (HDD) are just too slow and fragile.

26 minutes ago, Falconator said:

?!?!?!?!?!

 

In the US we pay way, way more than that for medical insurance. Thai health insurance is dirt cheap!

 

So what?! He is not earning money in the US$. So what is the correlation?

Some really amazing people on this forum. The mind boggles...

4 minutes ago, OneeyedJohn said:

KVC is I think a computer shop retailer and repair chain like Charoen is a retail chain for spectacles.

 

I am waiting for the CPU to arrive in order that when it does arrive I can trot along to KVC, buy an SSD and have them install both items.

Then on your advice I come home and do a clean install of Win10.

 

If I have that wrong then please tell me.

Perhaps forgot that you ordered the CPU and from China. So we''ll wait. No worries.

3 hours ago, OneeyedJohn said:

RAM and SSD, I only ordered a CPU from W-Win in Shenzhen in China via Ali-Express, they promised 13 - 22 days. When I track my order it is moving, albeit slowly, and I think it is with the airline now, so probably another 7 days at least.

 

Just out of interest I must ask when I ordered this CPU FX-4300 ( I've forgotten already ) there was an original price of 2954 baht, but that was quite a few years ago, I only paid roughly 700 baht, so is what I am getting secondhand and as such pretty useless.

I was astonished at how many of them were available on Ali-Express and Lazada, which made me dubious as to their authenticity, and why I didn't go for the more expensive FX-6300 in case I was buying a dupe.

Second hand is not an issue. I put a second hand AMD CPU in this laptop. Cost 240 via eBay.

I would have definitely chosen domestic over China; https://www.ihavecpu.com/product/233/am3-amd-fx-4300-turbo-4-0ghz-4c-4t

1 hour ago, OneeyedJohn said:

I am buying the SSD from the local KVC, a 256 GB at 1300 baht, don't know the make / brand.

Buying but not yet bought? I honestly have no idea as to what it is that you are doing. I thought that we were waiting on the delivery. Have no idea as to what KVC might mean.

https://www.advice.co.th/product/solid-state-drive-ssd-/ssd-sata-2-5-256-gb/250-gb-ssd-sata-wd-blue-wds250g2b0a-3d-nand falls within your stated price.

Though perhaps you look at this? https://www.advice.co.th/product/solid-state-drive-ssd-/ssd-sata-2-5-256-gb/256-gb-ssd-sata-kingston-c600-skc600-256g-

1 hour ago, OneeyedJohn said:

I used to run cross country, I never give up.

That's what I like to hear. We get the job done, no matter what.

15 hours ago, jackdd said:

If your apartment has a telephone line, then just get a vdsl connection, no long term contract required: https://www.ais.co.th/fibre/nocontract/?intcid=getpage-th-header_menu-consumer_menu-aisfibre_submenu2-package_service_submenu2-netCondoNocontract_submenu3

https://www.ais.co.th/fibre/nocontract/en/

But where is the SSD? From whence did you order it? Surely it should have arrived if ordered from within Thailand.

Just now, OneeyedJohn said:

I will as soon as I have watched ur video, I will give it another go.

 

I know it is my fault, so please don't lose patience with me, I am trying my best.

I won't lose patience, as long as you don't give up. ????

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Have the RAM and SSD not yet arrived?? Did you order them from China?? Should have taken a couple of days if ordering domestically. 

No need to have to deal with the removal of Browser Hijackers if you will run a clean install to SSD anyway.

3 hours ago, Ombra said:

Why do you assume that the software was not paid for? My question concerned dishonesty.

Because of your statements;

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Windows stopped working after six months, then IDM, and then other programs.

There is no reason for paid software to stop working because Windows is not licenced. You definitely didn't pay for Windows, unless you think that 300 baht for a dodgy install covers it. So the dishonesty would be on your part.

Anyway, no need for you to derail the thread.

Unless the laptop has an official Windows sticker with Windows 10 preinstalled, install everything yourself.

You likely purchased a laptop without OS and paid a couple of hundred baht on top for a hooky install replete with dodgy software.

Easy enough to run a clean install yourself. But for those who choose to remain ignorant of anything related to their PC, it will remain an insurmountable problem.

Even when you narrow down the one with the highest speeds in your building, to which package will you subscribe? Higher speed only means that the data allowance can be used up more quickly.

So you'll also need to determine the likely usage and to consider your budget.

5 hours ago, Ombra said:

How do you ensure that a new laptop doesn't have illegal software installed? Four or five years ago, my wife bought me an Acer model in a PowerBuy store and much of the software turned out to be illegal. Windows stopped working after six months, then IDM, and then other programs. It was frustrating and time wasting.

Why would you expect there to be free software installed in the first place? IDM? Since when has that been supplied with laptops. Unless the laptop has an official Windows sticker, install everything yourself.

5 hours ago, Jackcwba said:

if i was to go with one of these dongles, pocket wifis... do shops like AIS sell simcards for it that are  pay monthly - unlimited speed - i dont want the speed to decrease half way through the month or when its running out. and a good download / upload speed for online gaming? apologizes if i sound like a dinasaur. i used a dongle back in the UK from EE and i think it was capped at 20GB for 1 month only and playing on xbox online i used all that data in 3 days! insane how quikcly it uses up the data so would need to be an unlimited amount and high speed.

 

thanks

Best to actually read what has been written in your replies.

30 minutes ago, OneeyedJohn said:

 

I already downloaded it, 5 files I think, but this rufus thing is asking again for it, dunna wot to do, like I say going round in bleeding circles.

If installing Win10 is gonna be like this then I'll just get the shop to do it.

Don't make a drama out of it. Clearly you created the 2004 version without issue. This is third party software, nothing to do with Windows 10. In fact it is because of your installation of Windows 7. Windows 10 is even easier to install than Windows 7.

Anyway, you have the alternative method in your inbox.