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12 hours ago, KC 71 said:

Yes i think so. I cant see you having any problems.Just the usual checkpoints e.t.c.

Think , but not sure .

If I get stopped at the Wiang sa checkpoint , that's 140 km for nothing .

Would the highway police know ?

Their office not far from me.

On 2/13/2021 at 11:22 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

Recently I received a small box with electronic parts which were shipped from the USA. I ordered them on the Thai website of that international company.

Can you tell us which company ?

Is it Mouser ?

Last year it was posted here that Nan , that didn't have any corona, closed its borders.

I can't find the thread , since ThaiVisa search is , well you know , not that great....

Can we drive/visit Nan from Phrae without restrictions or valid reason ?

(and back of course, in one day)

Will the check point on the 101 before Wiang Sa be difficult ?

I do have Chonburi plates , and that is/was a red zone , but I live in Phrae. 

16 minutes ago, cormanr7 said:

If you have the HP assistant installed you can check when the warranty expires. 

Dell has this too. You just type your computer number and it displays the warranty.

I think I 'm first going to take a look at the Advice store in town.

Maybe revisit JIB to ask for more info about onsite repair , since I can't email or chat with their headoffice. ( I don't telephone).

You folks give me things to think about , like buying better.

It is hard to say how long I (we) will be stranded in thailand because of the corona . Do I want to wait 'till 23 - 24 ?

If I had been in europe as planned last fall , I probably would have bought the 17 inch 16-10 screen XPS .

I hate 16-9 for a laptop. I still have to do without the new batch of AMD CPU's 7nm , but the intel cr-p on 14++++++++++, or dodgy 10nm and with the side attack stuff that is less with AMD. Of course Dell and Intel  are bound together for premium models. (yuk !)

I was surprised to see the 17 inch XPS with 4 k screen and  3 years onsite at InvadeIT for 99.999. Even with the devalued euro , that is still a good deal , but I would rather have the 1920-1200 HD screen , a lot cheaper , and 4k on 17 inch is ridiculous. (and of course without the thai keyboard)

G7 would be the cheaper option , but it has only the 16-9 screen.

12 hours ago, elfpattaya said:

May be a good idea if you read the replies.

I do read them , elfie , but with many replies and different posters , I forget.

I don't even know what Wattana in Pattaya is. I haven't been in Chonburi since 2012 , although my car's licence plate still says Chonburi ...☺️

15 hours ago, Eindhoven said:

InvadeIT has a three year warranty on cheap Inspirons?? I doubt it. Two years on-site more likely. Why is it that you cannot order from them?

The one on invadeIT , I was looking at , did have 3 years , it was the Dell XPS , not a cheap one though. They deleted that one today , it's not anymore on the list of 17 inch models.

The cheaper inspirons have 2 years onsite.

If I have a problem , I can go to my local JIB , or now even Advice , or if bought directly from Dell online = ok. (but not possible in thailand).

But buying from invadeIT online you have to go to Hua Hin ...

Btw : anyone know what happened to Hardwarehouse ?

They used to be everywhere like JIB , but now ?

15 hours ago, Eindhoven said:

Look for an IPS screen within budget. The ones at which you look do not appear to have IPS screens. Make sure webcams are at least 720p capable at 30 fps.

If I buy a cheap 15,6 inch HP to tie me over , it doesn't have to be IPS screen , because I would buy a 4k external screen for photo's , video....

I don't use a webcam. Ever since Skype stopped on winXP , many years ago , I haven't used my external webcam , I havent even installed the software for it , when I changed HDD's and reinstalled XP in 2015.

15 hours ago, Eindhoven said:

Does it make a difference if you have an on-site warranty? You can always call JIB head office to check the warranty if you want to buy from them. The good thing about having a local store is having your hands on a product in order to check the quality of the build. 

I can't call, I have no telephone and asking questions and answers in broken english ,is not good. I want email or chat that I can copy and re-read. Spoken words are cheap and fade away.

The bad thing about a store here is : Before the pandemic , they had 10 to 15 or more computers in plastic cover in their store. Since around april 2020 their store has no computers .

If it doesn't sell in one store where it has been displayed for sometimes months ( battery!!!) , it goes to a different store where they ordered it.

A reason why there is no stock one day and the next there is , from other shops or returns > used by some one else.

I'd rather buy from Dell direct.

1 hour ago, Eindhoven said:

JIB Thailand make no mention of any special kind of warranty for the consumer device at the OP's price point:

You are right . JIB doesn't mention what kind of 2 year warranty. Comparing makes it difficult.

itrinitydell is cheaper and gives the full onsite warranty , but like InvadeIT , it is only on line or at IT Mall Fortune Town.

1 hour ago, elfpattaya said:

I have bought 2 Dell computers in Thailand. Both had 24 hour on site support. A 2 year warranty for a desktop and 1 year for a laptop. Extended warranty available, at a cost of course.

As I previously stated I needed support for the  desktop. They arrived within 24 hours excellent service.

Yeah , but how/where did you order and buy it ?

2 hours ago, Eindhoven said:

Sorry, but I don't get what the drama is here. If you want an on-site warranty, you have to buy it.

Your story about Europe simply isn't true. On-site warranties are not bundled with consumer laptops.

No drama man.

I started this to verify JIB's warranty on HP's , they say 2 years , fixed at their store in a week.

In europe it isn't bundled , but i didn't say that.

When ordering you get the option of buying 1 to 4 years next day onsite repair as an extra with an extra cost (Dell).

Because of some posters here that aren't very satisfied of HP , I'm looking at Dell's and wonder about their onsite warranty in thailand.

The Dell I looked at on InvadeIT , came with the 3 year onsite included in the price.

Looking at your link to the HP , the 2 years onsite costs 2590 THB , and it is not included in the JIB price.

So JIB lied or didn't mention that I must buy it extra ?

2 hours ago, KeeTua said:

The homepage advice.co.th requires enabling javascript and third party scripting for full functionality. Other parts of the site, like the Dell laptops, don't need all the extra scripting but will still be missing some functionality.

 

Maybe you're using an Internet security program that is blocking the necessary scripting for all of your browsers?

I have old browsers , with javascript enabled but no third party scripting. No security program blocking , I think...

A lot of websites don't work in one or the other. Usually no problem , just now with Advice non of them work.

Although I would buy a Dell online ...from Dell , buying online fron InvadeIT is not doable.

Though they have nice ones with full Dell onsite warranty incl in their price.

Thanks 2530 , the place of the location is wrong , I 'm pretty sure , but I've found the right location , it is between Lotus and Immigration.

https://www.google.co.th/maps/@18.1533639,100.1586605,3a,75y,288.49h,92.19t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTNXDhI5fOtpWhCEwfCHMHw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

I had seen it but never realised what it was.

I will check it out next time I go to the city.

2 hours ago, 2530Ubon said:

The Advice shops are virtually everywhere - you can usually find them near a Big C or Tesco Lotus. You can order online or visit a store.

So they're like JIB.

I haven't seen any , and before people mentioned them here , I had never heard of them.

While I can't open advice.co.th , strangely your link did open for their Dell laptops but everything is in thai, no english button to see where their outlets are , nor does the chat function work.

Are there any in the Phrae area ?

I opened a few links to laptops but no mention of the onsite warranty.

And the bad thai/english keyboard.

Buying from Dell through an authorized dealer you do get the onsite warranty and maybe a non thai keyboard ?

Well invadeIT mentions the onsite warranty.

2 hours ago, Eindhoven said:

https://www.dell.com/th/p/

Yes , I've found that too and send it 2 days ago , no reply and the Enquiry form asks for state and state code ? US ?

The locate Dell retailers near your , I did that too .

Seems only 4 near Bangkok , nothing up north , so that is a dead end.

I'm not dumb , I know how to navigate a site , but it's all dead ends , that's why I ask it here .

^ Yes , I already found that , but besides a telephone number there is no email or chat .

For order support , you need an order number.

23 hours ago, Stocky said:

I've bought Dell in Thailand, the Thailand Dell website put me in contact with an authorized local Dell supplier and they quoted me for the build I wanted. 

How did you contact Dell in Thailand ?

44 minutes ago, 2530Ubon said:

I have Dell premium support and I bought my laptop in Ubon at the blue and white shop - Advice. They provide 24 hour on-site (come to your home ) support

The second one that likes Advice . But their website doesn't open on my 3 browsers, my bad .

I can't if there is one near me.

1 hour ago, fdsa said:

you won't get an easily repairable laptop for 500-650 usd unless living in a first world country.

want a reliable solution in Thailand - increase your budget.

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The sub 20k HP's are sold out nearly every time I look since May 2020 on JIB , so they can't be that bad.

This one is in stock , at the moment :

https://www.jib.co.th/web/product/readProduct/41498/NOTEBOOK--โน้ตบุ๊ค--HP-15S-DU2051TX--SILVER-

The best thing about Dell is the next business day repair , well at least in my small euro country. Of course you pay for it when buying a 3-5 year package when you buy the computer.

In Thailand that probably isn't possible .

But an HP with repair within a week at the JIB shop would be ok , if it is true.

1 hour ago, blackcab said:

The company I work for buys all their laptops from JIB online. We had an acer brand laptop go wrong while under warranty. The keyboard stopped working.

 

The laptop had to be taken to the JIB shop, and it took about 10 days to get it returned. It now works well.

Finally someone with actual warranty at JIB shop.  Thanks Blackcab.

10 days is a lifetime without a computer , for such a smal repair as just replacing a keyboard.

I've opened my computer about 6-7 times , replacing a fan , dust cleaning , replacing the LCD screen and of course heating the graphic card twice and new coolingpaste on the CPU. Replacing my keyboard takes me 15 minutes.

Guys , guys , let's keep it with simple and easy Thai shops like JIB.

I don't buy online , not even exotic foreign companies like OriginPC  or something from the UK delivered to Thailand !

I have old browsers in a nearly 15 year old Dell ,  advice.co.th 

and trustpilot don't even open .

While those 15 years were not without problems , it still says something about the quality Dell delivers , maybe not anymore?

US keyboard , qwerty > of course ! Wouldn't want another one.

6 hours ago, ignis said:

Myself would not have HP every again + there service was dreadful here .....

What kind of service ? Bring it to their service center or a tech comes to you or the shop you bought it from ?

What was wrong with it and how was it solved ? Why was it so bad ?

I'm not in favor of Lenovo , and if the folks at JIB are right about repairing in 1 week at their shop , then the only choice is HP.

No Acer for me and read about bad and slow service for Asus here in thailand.

There is no InvadeIt shop , it's only online ? The 17 inch laptops are too expensive.

I need a cheap laptop (15 to 20k) to fill the gap between now and when I can finally go back to europe

to buy something decent and more expensive.  and with the newest AMD cpu.

Except for a very expensive XPS and Alienware , the bad Dell site for thailand doesn't have 17 inches.

You can't choose anything on the Dell site . Back home you can choose cpu , storage , ...

Dell prices higher  than HP for about the same at JIB .

But JIB has no stock for the cheaper ones.

https://www.jib.co.th/web/pricelist/pricelist_main/25

5 hours ago, elfpattaya said:

My graphic card went down on my Dell, lightening strike?? Turned up next day under warranty, brilliant service. Thay have an office in Bangkok, English speaking.

Bought my Dell desktop from Wattana, Pattaya.

I don't think JIB sell Dell computers.

Yes JIB sells Dell .

I'm way up North , going to Bangkok is impossible these days with corona.

For me too it's my graphic card on my nearly 15 year old Dell.

I heated it twice now to fix it , but doubt a third time will do it.

Can't go to europe , so I'm forced to buy a cheap sh_tty Thai one with thai keyboard and only 15,6 inch. No 17 inch here.