Laptop recommendations

[Bruno123]

1 hour ago, GrandPapillon said:

complete nonsense for buying a simple laptop sending emails and browsing the web ????

How old are you?

 

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A much higher pixel count translates into more being displayed onto the screen, which can give you more than 5,200 spreadsheet cells in Microsoft Excel and the ability to display four A4 sheets side by side in Microsoft Word.

At least try to not embarrass yourself.

[Bruno123]

1 hour ago, GrandPapillon said:

complete nonsense for buying a simple laptop sending emails and browsing the web ????

Read before posting:

 

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I just use it for work... mostly programs such as Excel, PowePoint etc. I don't watch movies on it or stream etc or play games on it.

 

Can anyone recommend a good mid price laptop? Preferably with a decent size screen rather than a 'notebook'?

 

Can you see reading email and browsing the web there?

 

So with Full HD screen you can get more on the screen at one time. IPS means better viewing angles.

So to suggest that they are all the same is simply idiotic. To compound such behaviour by attempting to Troll the thread makes you look even worse.

[GrandPapillon]

1 hour ago, Bruno123 said:

Read before posting:

 

 

Can you see reading email and browsing the web there?

 

So with Full HD screen you can get more on the screen at one time. IPS means better viewing angles.

So to suggest that they are all the same is simply idiotic. To compound such behaviour by attempting to Troll the thread makes you look even worse.

I think the point of "reading emails and web browsing" was to make a point that 4K graphics and special screen size was irrelevant. Most people don't care. All those screens are good enough. If you have to pay much more just for a tiny improvement, then it's ridiculous and pointless for 99% of users. Only an avid Mac user would be that "obsessed" ????

 

I guess if someone watch porn 24/7 then 4K could be very much relevant and the extra costs fully justified ????

 

Edited November 20, 2021 by GrandPapillon

[GrandPapillon]

 

  

1 hour ago, Bruno123 said:

A much higher pixel count translates into more being displayed onto the screen, which can give you more than 5,200 spreadsheet cells in Microsoft Excel and the ability to display four A4 sheets side by side in Microsoft Word.

 

an extra 5,200 spreadsheet cells? Yeah, that's very relevant and an absolute must ???? I don't know how can anyone survive without these

 

now who is embarrassing himself with those silly requests? ????

 

Edited November 20, 2021 by GrandPapillon

[Bruno123]

20 minutes ago, GrandPapillon said:

I think the point of "reading emails and web browsing" was to make a point that 4K graphics and special screen size was irrelevant. Most people don't care. All those screens are good enough. If you have to pay much more just for a tiny improvement, then it's ridiculous and pointless for 99% of users. Only an avid Mac user would be that "obsessed" ????

 

I guess if someone watch porn 24/7 then 4K could be very much relevant and the extra costs fully justified ????

 

 

Nobody talked about 4k graphics. Screen size and resolution IS important to the tasks actually mentioned by the OP. it was only you who brought up emails and web browsing. 

Now, if you please, stop wasting my time with infantile arguments.

[Bruno123]

21 minutes ago, GrandPapillon said:

 

  

 

an extra 5,200 spreadsheet cells? Yeah, that's very relevant and an absolute must ???? I don't know how can anyone survive without these

 

now who is embarrassing himself with those silly requests? ????

 

Request? What request? Have you been drinking  excessively today?

The OP mentioned Excel and Powerpoint. Screen size and resolution are relevant.

 

[GrandPapillon]

Just now, Bruno123 said:

 

Nobody talked about 4k graphics. Screen size and resolution IS important to the tasks actually mentioned by the OP. it was only you who brought up emails and web browsing. 

Now, if you please, stop wasting my time with infantile arguments.

I am simply addressing what you are missing here. Nobody cares about maximum screen size and resolution, as long as it's comfortable to use for reading emails and surfing the web

 

some IT nerds always think they know best simply basing their silly assumptions on pure specs or worse, obscure specs ????

[GrandPapillon]

1 minute ago, Bruno123 said:

Request? What request? Have you been drinking  excessively today?

The OP mentioned Excel and Powerpoint. Screen size and resolution are relevant.

 

you are ridiculous ????

 

go take some fresh air outside, and calm down ????

 

[Bruno123]

21 minutes ago, GrandPapillon said:

you are ridiculous ????

 

go take some fresh air outside, and calm down ????

 

 

I have a rooftop terrace. i am always cool and mostly outside. Perhaps you need to find and make some friends. Have a pleasant evening ; though cut down on the drinking.

Going out with friends. Try it.

[fdsa]

29 minutes ago, GrandPapillon said:

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you are ridiculous, go take some fresh air outside, and calm down.

1366x768 is nonsense, expecially for the work.

 

[fdsa]

7 minutes ago, fdsa said:

1366x768 is nonsense, expecially for the work.

Here is an example (I've simply cut the 1920x1080 screenshot to 1366x768).

Of course there are different DPI ("dots per inch") screen settings, but still you'll get the point: cols from A to L, 28 rows on 1366px VS cols from A to Q, 37 rows on 1920px. If I lower the DPI on my 1920 screen I'll get even more info on one page, and if you try to lower the DPI on 1366 screen you still won't match the 1920 screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 20, 2021 by fdsa

[GrandPapillon]

15 minutes ago, Bruno123 said:

 

I have a rooftop terrace. i am always cool and mostly outside. Perhaps you need to find and make some friends. Have a pleasant evening ; though cut down on the drinking.

Going out with friends. Try it.

????

[GrandPapillon]

10 minutes ago, fdsa said:

1366x768 is nonsense, expecially for the work.

 

indeed, and imagine working with that large blank spreadsheet, giving me carpet tunnel already just thinking about it ????

 

when you know that most work in Excel will be less than a few hundred rows and two dozens columns, after that, your brain can't process it ????

 

[Bruno123]

3 hours ago, fdsa said:

Here is an example (I've simply cut the 1920x1080 screenshot to 1366x768).

Of course there are different DPI ("dots per inch") screen settings, but still you'll get the point: cols from A to L, 28 rows on 1366px VS cols from A to Q, 37 rows on 1920px. If I lower the DPI on my 1920 screen I'll get even more info on one page, and if you try to lower the DPI on 1366 screen you still won't match the 1920 screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for taking the time to create an illustration for GP. I chose the easy way. If you know someone is not ever going to write something intelligent; you know there will be no downside to putting them on ignore.

[GrandPapillon]

I think you missed fdsa point too, again ????

[RickG16]

Another layman's question ..... 

 

How much should I be paying in THB to get the hard drive taken out of my old laptop so I can transfer everything across to the new one?

[JaiMaai]

57 minutes ago, RickG16 said:

Another layman's question ..... 

 

How much should I be paying in THB to get the hard drive taken out of my old laptop so I can transfer everything across to the new one?

Depending on the exact model — 0 baht.   If you search on YouTube you may find that it is quite easy.  Then buy an enclosure from Lazada.

[JaiMaai]

If you really feel more comfortable paying someone to do it — 300 baht as an absolute maximum plus the cost of the enclosure.

[RickG16]

18 minutes ago, JaiMaai said:

Depending on the exact model — 0 baht.   If you search on YouTube you may find that it is quite easy.  Then buy an enclosure from Lazada.

Well it wouldn't be 0 baht cos I'd have to buy a screwdriver where I am currently haha. Anyway got it done for 0 baht in the shop because I gave them what remained of my old laptop (very old 1st generation Samsung!)