Weird..

On 7/8/2025 at 3:29 PM, FlorC said:

So a 26.600 B computer ?

Paid vat in europe too ?

 

They didn't have the same in Thailand ?

 

What about the language script on the keyboard?

13 minutes ago, scorecard said:

 

What about the language script on the keyboard?

 

It is as required.

 

Though I touch type, So it wouldn't be a big issue for me.

My Dell was more expensive in europe than in Thailand,

so I bought it here. The Thai keyboard doesn't bother me.

18 minutes ago, FlorC said:

My Dell was more expensive in europe than in Thailand,

so I bought it here. The Thai keyboard doesn't bother me.

 

How do you like the Dell generally, happy with it or not?

4 hours ago, Quentin Zen said:

NewEgg might have been good 25 years ago.  I wouldn't trust them now.

 

Thank you for the heads up. 

 

I trust TrustPilot.com for reviews of all major companies, and NewEgg comes in at around 3.6 out of 5. 

 

But Amazon and BestBuy etc., are much worse at 1.6 or so!

 

I think most of the bad reviews have to do with refunds, and/or refurbished items, which I always try to avoid anyway.  Thanks again!

10 hours ago, Cameroni said:

 

How do you like the Dell generally, happy with it or not?

Dell is solid.  Latitude is real nice.  IT pro, maybe a Dell over a Lenovo.   Gaming, I think Lenovo.  Work tasks, maybe Dell.  Overall, I still think Lenovo.  The internet says they are about the same and go with the cheaper one.  I'd just put them side by side and go with your gut.   Top-end Thinkpad is good, but not cheap.  

Been doing this for years with shipping agents - it was discussed on Thaivisa back in 2010 as I recall. Same results. Even sent one back as it was DOA and got a replacement. 3 days door to door usually.

On 7/8/2025 at 3:36 PM, CanadaSam said:

Wow!   Thank you for the info about no duty on laptops, I've been getting ads from a company in the states called NewEgg.com with ridiculously low prices for laptops!  I'll now look seriously into ordering one!

Beware of buying anything from the US to get sent to Thailand. I am still waiting for something I ordered three weeks ago.

11 hours ago, Cameroni said:

 

How do you like the Dell generally, happy with it or not?

I bought an expensive one like you Cam,

but I was somewhat disappointed.

Like everything it has pros and cons.

I expected better for this kind of money.

 

I make bad decisions when buying stuff.

Or just unlucky ...

 

That said I don't have the balls to buy a 2500 euro computer in europe and have it shipped here.

(and report it as a 500 euro one) 😉

Good for you 👍

1 hour ago, FlorC said:

I bought an expensive one like you Cam,

but I was somewhat disappointed.

Like everything it has pros and cons.

I expected better for this kind of money.

 

Interesting, that's what reviews say as well, that Dell has a large price and whilst some of the specs are good they tend to cheat you on some components. I read their new line has a huge price but is using a poor screen, for the money.

 

Is that the con you meant, poor screen?

 

I saw some of their very high end models don't have finger print scanner, which I really like now. 

 

Very little difference between the top laptops now, I think, minor diffs, unless you game or do 4k or 8K video editing.

1 hour ago, Cameroni said:

 

Interesting, that's what reviews say as well, that Dell has a large price and whilst some of the specs are good they tend to cheat you on some components. I read their new line has a huge price but is using a poor screen, for the money.

 

Is that the con you meant, poor screen?

 

I saw some of their very high end models don't have finger print scanner, which I really like now. 

 

Very little difference between the top laptops now, I think, minor diffs, unless you game or do 4k or 8K video editing.

No I have a 17 inch (16:10) 4K IPS , 500 nits touch screen ( I don't use touch though), and that is pretty good.

I have a finger print scanner that I don't use , removed the driver too.

 

Keeping the computer cool in hot Thailand is not possible without the noisy fans.

Those slim computers have fans that are only 0.5 cm thick. They get dirty real quick

and cool even less.

 

Those new 16 inch Dells  have only 300 nits screens. 

I don't need the stress of OLED's. 

Dell batteries (BYD !) , s-ck hard too.

49 minutes ago, FlorC said:

No I have a 17 inch (16:10) 4K IPS , 500 nits touch screen ( I don't use touch though), and that is pretty good.

I have a finger print scanner that I don't use , removed the driver too.

 

Keeping the computer cool in hot Thailand is not possible without the noisy fans.

Those slim computers have fans that are only 0.5 cm thick. They get dirty real quick

and cool even less.

 

Those new 16 inch Dells  have only 300 nits screens. 

I don't need the stress of OLED's. 

Dell batteries (BYD !) , s-ck hard too.

 

Yes, I saw the newer ones, they had those 300 nits and people were complaining about the cheap screen.

 

But great keyboard apparently. The new ones have ditched the fingerprint scanner. They had a revamp.

Either you were very lucky or I was very unlucky.  I had a personal laptop shipped from US to here using UPS.  It took a few days to get here to Customs and then they held it in limbo for a week until I paid a "logistics" company to go there, grease all the palms, and get it released immediately.  It was not cheap.  I won't bore you with the long story but the whole experience was a nightmare.  I will never do that again and don't recommend it to anyone.  Instead, for expensive items, wait for friends or family to make a trip to Thailand and have them bring in their luggage.

19 minutes ago, Sup3rfarang said:

Either you were very lucky or I was very unlucky.  I had a personal laptop shipped from US to here using UPS.  It took a few days to get here to Customs and then they held it in limbo for a week until I paid a "logistics" company to go there, grease all the palms, and get it released immediately.  It was not cheap.  I won't bore you with the long story but the whole experience was a nightmare.  I will never do that again and don't recommend it to anyone.  Instead, for expensive items, wait for friends or family to make a trip to Thailand and have them bring in their luggage.

 

I think it has to do with me living in Chiang Mai. DHL  is well organised here. I assume you live a bit rural, or outside the big cities?

7 hours ago, FlorC said:

I don't need the stress of OLED's. 

I am curious what you mean?

For disclosure I have an OLED screen on my laptop. 

39 minutes ago, topt said:

I am curious what you mean?

For disclosure I have an OLED screen on my laptop. 

 

Maybe he means the burn-in worry.

2 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

 

Maybe he means the burn-in worry.

Maybe he does but I 'd like to hear what he meant thanks.

12 minutes ago, topt said:

Maybe he does but I 'd like to hear what he meant thanks.

 

15 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

 

Maybe he means the burn-in worry.

Cameroni said it for me.

He is right.

I don't want to worry about screen savers , dark themes , leaving the screen static too long,

out of fear of burn in.

1 minute ago, FlorC said:

 

Cameroni said it for me.

He is right.

I don't want to worry about screen savers , dark themes , leaving the screen static too long,

out of fear of burn in.

Thanks for responding back. I have had mine 4 years and, touch wood, so far no issue that I am aware of.

2 minutes ago, topt said:

Thanks for responding back. I have had mine 4 years and, touch wood, so far no issue that I am aware of.

No problem.

Good for you. I hope it stays without issues.

 

OLED's are beautiful at all viewing angles.

If they would give a good burn in waranty , for at least 5 to 7 years,

with easy replacement , I might considder an OLED.

 

 

I just bought a new laptop in Thailand, a Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16" (10 Gen), should arrive Saturday. It's a replacement for my aged Dell Precision M4800, which is a respectable 11 years old, but unsuitable for upgrade to Win11. Before anyone pipes up with "install Linux", I will but, I still need a Windows laptop to run the software I use for work.

 

Price is cheaper in Thailand than Europe.

Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

64GB RAM,  

2 x 1TB SSD,
NVIDIA RTX 5070 8GB ,

16" 3.2K (3200x2000) Tandem OLED touch

 

Bought from InvadeIT

17 minutes ago, Stocky said:

I just bought a new laptop in Thailand, a Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16" (10 Gen), should arrive Saturday. It's a replacement for my aged Dell Precision M4800, which is a respectable 11 years old, but unsuitable for upgrade to Win11. Before anyone pipes up with "install Linux", I will but, I still need a Windows laptop to run the software I use for work.

 

Price is cheaper in Thailand than Europe.

Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

64GB RAM,  

2 x 1TB SSD,
NVIDIA RTX 5070 8GB ,

16" 3.2K (3200x2000) Tandem OLED touch

 

Bought from InvadeIT

 

Oh I love the Lenovo Yoga. I actually thought about getting one. What price did you pay?

53 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

 

Oh I love the Lenovo Yoga. I actually thought about getting one. What price did you pay?

Bht 85,990

57 minutes ago, Stocky said:

Bht 85,990

 

You didn't fancy the double screen one?

1 hour ago, Cameroni said:

 

You didn't fancy the double screen one?

No, bit of a gimmick

You could watch porn while you check the stock market...

Just to add...

 

There are not that many reasons to specifically buy abroad, but there sure are some!

Most importantly, for me anyway, as a French native speaker, is the keyboard.

Most English speaking persons are anyway used to QWERTY (which is the base for the Thai keyboards), for us it's AZERTY. 

Quite a few differences making switching between the two absolutely not intuitive!

 

Add to that we have quite a few very commonly used accented letters (éèçà), PITA on a QWERTY.

 

Guess its the same for Germans (QWERTZ) and Scandinavians!

 

Them silly stickers don't do it for me, especially on backlit keyboard!

 

Shipping I won't risk, I'd just plan it with a family visit and put it in my carry-on luggage (like I guess a major percentage of today's travellers carry a laptop)!

Unless you'd take 3, on the very slim chance of being checked t the Bangkok airport, unlikely they would make an issue out of it.