farangatm Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 I work for a company that allows me to buy computers at a deeply discounted rate for friends and family. I'd like to buy a computer for the GF's kids. They really want to learn English, but speak only Thai. Mostly they want to play with digital photography and games, but I want to get them something they can also use for schoolwork. There's not much connectivity in the village -- but I know there are phone lines at least. HW: So, laptop or desktop? The biggest problem I see with a laptop is changing to an English/Thai keyboard, anything else? (and fragility, of course, the youngest is 9) Desktop: only problem I can see is to change the power supply to 220V and get an EN/TH keyboard like the ones I see in the Internet cafes in the nearby town. SW: What OS? These machines normally come with Windows, so do I just get a Thai OS and boot from a separate partition? What applications/versions do they commonly use? I've read that the kids in school spend a lot of their computer time using MS Word or MS Paint. Are there any lightweight graphics programs available in Thai -- like Irfanview? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farangatm Posted December 14, 2006 Author Share Posted December 14, 2006 After a little more searching on this site -- I think I answered my questions! Sorry for using up perfectly good cyberspace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chanchao Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 For a laptop it's easy to get keyboard-stickers that show the US English as well as Thai characters. Software used is pretty much the same as everywhere else in the world. And whatever's specific to Thailand (Some community type stuff) they'll find on their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Go for the desktop. More power for your buck, easier to maintain and upgrade later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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