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OEM being tied to the mainboard is nothing, you get a few reinstalls with all new hardware, when it blocks you (I've managed large networks with this issue frequently), just call microsoft, its an automated phone system, you type in the product key, and they give you a new one over the phone.

we had so many licences when a new pc needed one we just picked any from the bunch. 1 license would have been used on 5 new pc's over the years easy.

Do you have any thai friends? or friendly with some taxi drivers?

I don't know any firms with trucks, we usually use a friend of a friend who has a big pickup and some extra helping hands to do it all.

Guess it all depends on how much stuff you have... last time we moved we had to do about 6 full pickup loads, but we have about double the amount of stuff now...

OEM licenses are sold with hardware. doesn't need to be installed, just needs to be sold with hardware. the hardware can be a cpu and some hdd's, doesn't have to be a whole build system.

But here they just sell them separately. only difference for the end user is you don't get a fancy box to throw away.

The editions are 100% the same.

Also, you don't need to buy XP, most people wont be selling XP anymore (mostly because they dont have them)...

Microsoft allow you to DOWNGRADE from Vista or Windows 7 to Windows XP with any Vista or 7 License purchase.

SO, if you can just purchase a Vista or 7 license, and downgrade to XP at no extra fee, you will be granted an XP license.

Yeah the shop at Tops sells BB guns, you also see them in the markets.

also down in jomtien, if you turn left just before the grand jomtien palace, drive half way along and on your left is a BB field that also sells guns, shop out the front.

why so hateful? it's a forum, i'm making a comment, i doubt my comment was no less insightful than any others on here... i'm bored sometimes and just want to say something to take a break from the day.

We've had lots of re-wiring done (grounding, new sockets and separating the fuses for the air conditioners and computers etc). he's charging us 500thb per day + supplies (wires etc).

you could always post it on http://www.rethai.com <-- free real estate portal. no commissions or costs, enquiries go directly to you

on the other hand, i hear nigeria has a space program now...

this all reads like a government conspiracy theory, you believe they are smart, organised and powerful enough to create a conspiracy, but too dumb to do anything else.

i agree with eljeque, come here, rent a short term rental place and look around the streets where you'd like to live. not so much looking at houses, but looking at the surroundings. find an area that has everything your looking for and then start hunting around that area.

also if it was me i'd rent the place first, most places are for sale or rent, i'd find out the sale price, and then rent the place for 3-6 months, lots of houses / condos have issues that the home owner themselves can't fix (bad water supply, regular power outages, lots of loud bikes late at night, way too many soi dogs)...

I lived at view talay 5C, we had power outages about twice every month, sometimes for a few minutes, others for a whole day, there was also constant construction (individual condos are sold blank - empty, so when one sells, the owner builds the room) so every day there was construction work going on somewhere. nice view, nice place, but it became tedious.

we're big on security too, our last house we rented used to have a gold shop out front, so the place was fortified all over, loved it. our new place we're in now we've installed bars and large security doors on every window and door. It's not expensive to do, and i'd rather have it than not.

Have a look on http://www.REThai.com - map based real estate listings...

IMO not far out of town is the place to be - just over the train tracks into the 'darkside' there's plenty of houses around that aren't expensive.

for 4Mthb i've seen nice 2-3 bedroom places with private pools.

just over the tracks you can find a place in a quiet area (away from the city noise) surrounded by all the usual services (food drink etc) and you're still only a 5 minute bike ride from beach road.

i run linux servers and desktops, but as far as day to day business is concerned i'd never use anything but windows.

there's more to a business environment than just the OS and a word processor.

soi siam country club road lost power for a minute or so, nothing major, there was plenty of lightning strikes around... was expecting a bigger outage.

sony on sukhumvit opposite pattaya thai is a repair center

Yeah we saw lots of trucks full of army guys heading down sukhumvit last night...

Yeah we used to get shocks from everything, PC cases and all...

even if you have power cables with the ground line and a 3 hole wall socket, there's no promise that the 3rd ground hole is actually wired up to anything... like ours in our new building...

we got in an electrician to add a ground wire to every power outlet, simple day job, cables and work under 1k thb for about 6 outlets. now everything is nice and grounded.

ok not sure about the underground tank yet, but when we push the button for the pump, the meter moves a little then nothing, pump sucks air and we still have no water pumping in.

the meter has registered almost nothing, does the meter register water going into the tank, or after we pump from the tank...

the way the thai guy who's dealing with all this is doing it now, is he's turning the pump on and watching the meeter, the meeter does little to nothing and he blames the external water supply...

not sure if he's trying to use the pump to fill the underground tank or trying to pump from the tank to the roof. whichever it is, when he pumps, the meter moves a bit and stops, and we get nothing.

Is this a 2/3 storey house? If so, the pump on the ground may be pumping directly from the public line and there is no underground tank.

If it is just sucking air, the water meter will not turn. But if it is a mixture of air and water (slush), the meter will turn. So probably some people up the line is pumping hard and leave only air down the line at this time of the night.

3 floor shophouse (its our new office)...

there could be an underground tank, will try to find out this week, been away over the weekend

ok not sure about the underground tank yet, but when we push the button for the pump, the meter moves a little then nothing, pump sucks air and we still have no water pumping in.

the meter has registered almost nothing, does the meter register water going into the tank, or after we pump from the tank...

the way the thai guy who's dealing with all this is doing it now, is he's turning the pump on and watching the meeter, the meeter does little to nothing and he blames the external water supply...

not sure if he's trying to use the pump to fill the underground tank or trying to pump from the tank to the roof. whichever it is, when he pumps, the meter moves a bit and stops, and we get nothing.

hrmmmm there probably is an underground tank, i know we have 2 pumps, a pump on the roof and a pump downstairs. i assume the roof pump is pumping water into the tank from the underground and the downstairs pump is pumping from the street into the underground tank...

(just assumptions, we do have 2 pumps) i'll find out from our fixer if that's how it's setup.

but from that assumption, we're unable to fill the underground tank, not enough water / pressure to get it from the street into and under the building...

i'll find out more.

We've just moved into a new building and we're having to pay for water to be delivered - because, as our neighbors tell us and do, they need to wake up at 2-3am to turn on their water pump since that's the only time there's pressure...

waking up at 2am is something i don't really want to make a habit out of, there's some pressure from the street, but not enough for the pump to stay on and pump water up to our tank on the roof... is there anyway on increasing the pressure, or using some kind of valve to change the flow rate required - like creating a constraint so a lower water pressure is required for the pump to stay on...

anyone else tackled this before? i'm sure were not the only people with poor city water pressures.

thanks

plenty around for 15k.

try http://www.rethai.com or any of the many real estate agency sites.

fivestarvillasandcondos.com, towncountryproperty.com and fairproperties.com have good websites with lists of properties...

when i first moved to pattaya i was in view talay 5, 18th foor on the beach, just a studio but that was 15k a month, that had a very big pool and the benefit of a great view of the gulf. bit out of town though, not sure who handles most of the VT stuff, try googling them...

why do threads like this always turn into fights...!

I like the look of APus and it's a great location, right next to carrefour (apus and their location are on http://www.rethai.com), i also like the look of that new development behind the avenue, not sure of the name but its close to 2nd road and soi buhakao which is a great location. only downside is that the avenue doesnt look to be surviving too well (retail business wise) so convenience of shopping there might not last.

along that same back road behind the avenue there's a bunch of other new developments, not sure on the prices but IMO a good location, off the 2 main roads so less noise but walking distance to both. and even if the avenue does die off, your only a short drive away from the main shopping centers on 2nd road.

sounds like a nice build, i'd like to build my own place and be hands on with the build & design, i enjoy working outside but i'm stuck behind a PC all day... would like to see photos... 500k is an affordable price to build a holiday / get away place up country

goodluck with the build

I think there's Websites / businesses (not particularly based in thailand - but internationally), that deal with this - kind of a house swap thing... the swap is possibly optional, but a family looking to holiday will sit your house to save money on accommodation.

Not too hard to put your valuables in a safe place and let someone else rent / sit your house for the duration.

any project is good for the 2-3m baht mark if it makes you happy... but for investing into, that's a whole different story that could be debated for months.

I disagree that their presentation is far superior.

but they are the only people who have done 'street view' style street photos around pattaya / thailand... but it seems they've done one round of photos, and nothing since (coupe of years ago now)...