New Computer

[London Lowf]

11 hours ago, KannikaP said:

You can do all those processes without 365. The main advantages are 1TB of One Drive cloud storage and 60 minutes of Skype calls, for up to 6 people.

 

I used Excel, Word and Outlook in my working days and so I'm happy to pay a cheap annual subscription to continue.

 

Also, as you say, it comes with 1TB of cloud storage which works seamlessly as a back-up.

 

[watchcat]

On 8/15/2024 at 8:16 PM, richard_smith237 said:

 

Same here...

 

I've had a 'strange' soft to the touch 'buzz' feel on many occasions when I'm using my MacBook in Thailand (before with and older one and a new one)... I put it down to poor earthing - I don't get the same issue using the same laptop in the UK.

 

It's called Thai electricity, no earthing required.  haha

[Gottfrid]

On 8/14/2024 at 6:27 PM, KannikaP said:

User name does not show in my System Information.

Quite easy to understand that he means the device name, that are used for network connections.

[KannikaP]

1 hour ago, Gottfrid said:

Quite easy to understand that he means the device name, that are used for network connections.

May be easy for you to understand what NowNow meant when he said delete User Name. But for the person he was talking to, they would possibly have spent time looking for User Name, which does not show in System Information.

[Gottfrid]

7 hours ago, KannikaP said:

May be easy for you to understand what NowNow meant when he said delete User Name. But for the person he was talking to, they would possibly have spent time looking for User Name, which does not show in System Information.

The device name, is the computers user name when you use it to connect remotely or in networks.

[AddyA]

I wonder what happened to the OP (roger101). Looks like the thread was totally hijacked from the second response. Eeee, it's hard to keep track sometimes . I blame ADHD and its variants!

[KannikaP]

34 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

The device name, is the computers user name when you use it to connect remotely or in networks.

But not everyone knows that. 

[NowNow]

26 minutes ago, AddyA said:

I wonder what happened to the OP (roger101). Looks like the thread was totally hijacked from the second response. Eeee, it's hard to keep track sometimes . I blame ADHD and its variants!

 

The idea was to find out what he is running now, in order to understand if he actually needed a new PC and if he did, what would constitute a meaningful upgrade. But he just disappeared.

[Gottfrid]

3 hours ago, KannikaP said:

But not everyone knows that. 

Nice to hear you admit it was right. Must mean that the poster you quoted wasn´t wrong then.

[KannikaP]

12 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Nice to hear you admit it was right. Must mean that the poster you quoted wasn´t wrong then.

No. What NowNow said.....

 

Type System Information into the Windows search box and then click on the System Information option.

Copy and Paste the info shown and post it here. (Remove System Name and Username lines before posting)

 

is wrong. The USERNAME does not appear in System Information. Which would make it so difficult for the OP to understand.

The DEVICE name does show.

[jaywalker2]

On 8/15/2024 at 9:00 PM, still kicking said:

Hijacking this thread Just bought a new laptop since I am not a computer geek how do I transfer my pictures to the new laptop since the new one has no disk drive? 

You could use a flash drive, a portable SSD drive or hard drive, you could upload them to Google Photos if you have a Google account, you can use a  file tansfer service such as WeTransfer, set up a file transfer over your wireless network (enable file sharing on both computers, connect them both to the network, select the files you want to share), or you can use a transfer service like PCMover to transfer everything. This costs money though

[KannikaP]

3 minutes ago, jaywalker2 said:

You could use a flash drive, a portable SSD drive or hard drive, you could upload them to Google Photos if you have a Google account, you can use a  file tansfer service such as WeTransfer, set up a file transfer over your wireless network (enable file sharing on both computers, connect them both to the network, select the files you want to share), or you can use a transfer service like PCMover to transfer everything. This costs money though

Microsoft ONE DRIVE.

[jaywalker2]

I turned OneDrive off on my computer. It kept trying to synch everything to the cloud and badgering ne with ads to buy more storage. I don't trust Microsoft a bit. Plus, with OneDrive you only get 2GB of free storage. With Google Drive you get 15 -- and you can open multiple accounts.

[The Fugitive]

4 minutes ago, jaywalker2 said:

I turned OneDrive off on my computer. It kept trying to synch everything to the cloud and badgering ne with ads to buy more storage. I don't trust Microsoft a bit. Plus, with OneDrive you only get 2GB of free storage. With Google Drive you get 15 -- and you can open multiple accounts.

Google Drive is great for the portability it gives to Word/Docs and Excel/Sheets alone. I use Mega (free) for my photos. When I signed up I got 50GB for free which continues to apply. I understand it's only 20GB now. However, well worth having for nothing. I see they have just launched their own VPN for 0.99 Euros per month or included if you have a paid for Mega subscription.

[KannikaP]

55 minutes ago, jaywalker2 said:

I turned OneDrive off on my computer. It kept trying to synch everything to the cloud and badgering ne with ads to buy more storage. I don't trust Microsoft a bit. Plus, with OneDrive you only get 2GB of free storage. With Google Drive you get 15 -- and you can open multiple accounts.

The whole idea of One Drive is that it syncs everything WHICH YOU TELL IT to the Cloud.

What OS do you use?

[jaywalker2]

1 hour ago, KannikaP said:

The whole idea of One Drive is that it syncs everything WHICH YOU TELL IT to the Cloud.

What OS do you use?

No, it will synch everything unless you tell it not to . On my girlfriend's computer, it backed up all her photos and documents without asking and when it exceeded the storage limit began nagging her to buy more storage or risk having her files deleted. If the files are deleted in the cloud, they'll be deleted on your computer too.

Google "complaints about OneDrive" to see the various problems people are having. (Don't use Bing because none of those complaints will show up)

 

[KannikaP]

28 minutes ago, jaywalker2 said:

No, it will synch everything unless you tell it not to . On my girlfriend's computer, it backed up all her photos and documents without asking and when it exceeded the storage limit began nagging her to buy more storage or risk having her files deleted. If the files are deleted in the cloud, they'll be deleted on your computer too.

Google "complaints about OneDrive" to see the various problems people are having. (Don't use Bing because none of those complaints will show up)

 

OK, I worded it wrongly. One Drive will sync everything unless you tell it not to, same same. Just takes a bit of thought.

You can say which files are stored locally, in the Cloud or both. I personally have no problems at all with One Drive as with many many other users, on three PCs and my Android all syncing and allowing files to be accessed on any of them, from anywhere.

I do subscribe to Microsoft 365 so that 5 other members of my 'family' can also get the same 1 TB service, only $99 per year.

 

Edited August 18 by KannikaP

[giddyup]

On 8/14/2024 at 10:37 PM, dddave said:

If you have a decent, late model LED flat screen TV, you might consider a "Mini-PC" that plugs into your TV via an HDMI cable.  A wireless keyboard and mouse completes the set-up.  Nice to be able to watch YouTube and read mail on the much larger display.  A huge amount of content available.

similar to this, for example.  I'd suggest minimum 8gb Ram, 256 SSD.

https://www.lazada.co.th/products/genmachine-new-mini-pc-amd-ryzen-r5-4600h-windows11-6-cores-12-threads-wifi5-bt52-ddr4-max-64gb-ram-4tb-ssd-support-three-screen-output-mini-office-gaming-computer-i5086903143-s21461313991.html?

Does it come with any warranties, because it ships from overseas, I presume China?

[dddave]

14 hours ago, giddyup said:

Does it come with any warranties, because it ships from overseas, I presume China?

Not really.  Lazada gives you 7 days to return which is not much time.  Once the return window is past, there is not a lot of recourse.

I had a problem with the WINDOWS-11 version on a GENMACHINE I purchased.  GENMACHINE customer service was very responsive sending me a new WIN-11 key immediately.

Often, Lazada products will say "30 Day Warranty" but making good on that can lead to a run-around. Lazada says to contact seller, seller says to contact Lazada....

Edited August 26 by dddave

[ricklev]

There are some mini computers sold on Lazada that do come with a warranty. Beelink has a warranty service in Thailand, although I don't know how good it is. 

[roger101]

On 8/17/2024 at 4:46 PM, NowNow said:

 

The idea was to find out what he is running now, in order to understand if he actually needed a new PC and if he did, what would constitute a meaningful upgrade. But he just disappeared.

Not disappeared just got distracted by more important things. I will be seeing my brother in law next month (after many years) who understands computers (builds his own) and will get him to explain (simply) what I need and what I should do.

I would like to thank everybody who replied to my post, it's what Asean Now is for.

[KhunHeineken]

4 hours ago, roger101 said:

I will be seeing my brother in law next month (after many years) who understands computers (builds his own) and will get him to explain (simply) what I need and what I should do.

So why did you post on here? 

[roger101]

20 hours ago, KhunHeineken said:

So why did you post on here? 

Because at the time I wasn't planning to see him as he live 5000 miles away.

[KhunHeineken]

2 hours ago, roger101 said:

Because at the time I wasn't planning to see him as he live 5000 miles away.

Emails can travel 5000 miles very quickly. 

[SAFETY FIRST]

On 8/14/2024 at 4:13 PM, roger101 said:

I bought it from Liberty (who don't seem to exist now).

I assume you are living in Pattaya, I've bought computers and other things from Liberty over the years gone by. 

 

Try Wattana, opposite Foodland on Pattaya Klang, or jib, Tukcom, both very helpful. 

 

Edited Saturday at 01:31 AM by SAFETY FIRST

[Chadnik]

Assume you need, want a larger screen. I'd recommend just getting a mid android tablet.

 

I've barely used my laptop.

 

 * Don't buy a Samsung a7. I picked one up for 100 bucks in the States. It's a real disappointment. It's very laggy and while I didn't expect it to be fast I didn't expect it to lag either.

 

If you absolutely have to have a Windows machine I'd look into mini PCs. Unless you're gaming or doing something with the need for graphics card the days of large PC cases are over

[kingstonkid]

On 8/14/2024 at 4:13 PM, roger101 said:

I am getting fed up with my computer. I bought it from Liberty (who don't seem to exist now). I have always used them, from my first Desktop many years ago, up to the present one. As I don't play games I always let Liberty advise me what I wanted (nothing too complicated). A couple of times over the years when I had a problem I would drop it into them and they would sort it out. But now I want some advice on what to buy. As I said I don't play games so I don't need massive power just something that runs smoothly.

Can someone describe a system that would meet my simple requirements at a reasonable price?

YOu don't say where you are, so I'm not sure, but most of the computer big box stores should help.  Personally I go to zeer rangsit and get one of the repair techs I use to build me one.

 

Do you need a computer or could you operate from a notebook would be my question>

[hotchilli]

On 8/14/2024 at 6:54 PM, The Fugitive said:

Bought this from my local Advice computer shop a couple of months ago. I don't play computer games either so it's for browsing internet, emails, basic office functions and audio/visual. No optical disk drive. No built in card reader. Seems to do what I want fast enough. My Thai neice was impressed with it and bought the same model for herself also from the same shop.  https://www.advice.co.th/product/notebook/notebook-asus/notebook-asus-vivobook-15-x1502za-ej577wf-quiett-blue-

Seems like a good choice, I'm looking for a similar mid-range model, basic work, office, word, excel.

No gaming, bit of youtube.

Would you recommend Asus or Lenovo?

 

[The Fugitive]

3 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Seems like a good choice, I'm looking for a similar mid-range model, basic work, office, word, excel.

No gaming, bit of youtube.

Would you recommend Asus or Lenovo?

No personal experience of Lenovo although my Thai family have had a couple of Lenovo laptops for some time without problem. My other and previous machines have been Acer. One continues to work after more than a decade and the other lasted for 15 years before it wouldn't boot. The problem wasn't the hard drive or the DVD optical drive so was almost certainly the motherboard.