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Hello,
I'm looking into buying a new laptop and so have resurrected this old thread on the topic. After visiting a few shops in Market Village and Blueport they seem a little expensive! There are still a lot of 4GB RAM on offer. I'm after something like:
-8GB RAM
- 512 GB+ storage
- Upto 2KG weight and screen around 300mm by 200mm
- Windows 10
- As many USB ports as possible and HDMI socket.

Any thoughts on best place to buy? I can be flexible on the above. If anyone has any recent experience in buying a laptop/notebook I would love to hear from you.

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Some will sneer at my recomendation but here goes.
A few years ago I lent my Dell laptop to a granddaughter and left it with her when I left, I needed something short term and bought an ACER Chromebook for $242 Canaadian , 180 US, just a toy people said. I love it , now on my 2nd.
My needs--Email, HH forum, Fbook and browsing the web--Its just fine,
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oakdale160 wrote: Sun Aug 16, 2020 1:29 am Some will sneer at my recomendation but here goes.
A few years ago I lent my Dell laptop to a granddaughter and left it with her when I left, I needed something short term and bought an ACER Chromebook for $242 Canaadian , 180 US, just a toy people said. I love it , now on my 2nd.
My needs--Email, HH forum, Fbook and browsing the web--Its just fine,
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But that won’t have the type of spec the OP is looking for!!
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I would avoid hua hin's pricey shopping malls and buy it online - much more choice and better prices.

Have used JIB before and the service and after sales is good. https://www.jib.co.th/web/product/product_list/1/24
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I just bought a new printer from Banana Electronics at Market Village and paid the same price as JIB, so you need to check carefully
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buksida wrote:I would avoid hua hin's pricey shopping malls and buy it online - much more choice and better prices.

Have used JIB before and the service and after sales is good. https://www.jib.co.th/web/product/product_list/1/24
JIB has a store in market village. Another good online store is Advice Computer (advice.co. th). Advice also has a store in Hua Hin, corner of Soi 68, opposite Moo Wanna. If the online store has something you like you can check it out in store, if it's in stock.
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Dannie Boy wrote:I just bought a new printer from Banana Electronics at Market Village and paid the same price as JIB, so you need to check carefully
If the price is the same I would buy from JIB. But that's just me. Never had a problem with JIB, or Advice.
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There is also Lazada obviously.

I personally can't stand shopping malls so make every effort to spend as little time in them as possible!
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Others wax lyrical about InvadeIT, based in Hua Hin, but I think still only sell online. May be a bit more expensive than others.
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I wouldn’t say that I’m a great fan of shopping malls, but unless you know exactly what you’re after, you can’t beat a bit of touch and feel, before you buy!!


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Hi, Thanks for suggestions. As feedback, I bought a budget laptop today paying 10,990 BHT at JIB Market Village, An Acer Aspire A315-23

I compromised on the 8GB of RAM, I have 4GB but a slot too upgrade if needed later. The laptop seems OK and as a bonus I got a large grey backpack that's probably worth 600 baht or so.

Negatives at the moment, the budget laptops have plastic shells, I would have preferred aluminium but wasn't prepared to pay another 8,000 baht for this, I hope the two year warranty will cover any major issues here. In UK terms, i've paid 275 pounds (just found I've no pound sign on keyboard 555). I last bought a laptop for 300 pounds from John Lewis in 2013 and this one is probably a slightly higher performing laptop.
It came with Windows 10 and I managed to transfer Office through my Microsoft account. So in the end, no Shock Prices and I've ended up with a reasonable laptop at a fair price.

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Robinhood wrote: Sun Aug 23, 2020 8:17 pm just found I've no pound sign on keyboard
Switch your language to English (United Kingdom), and it's Shift + 3.
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It is almost time to retire my current laptop (I know that will please the Forum's techy guys :D ). My needs are simple i.e. 8 Gb RAM, 1 Tb Storage and storage should be SDD. Outside of that, I'm fairly flexible, although I prefer the cost to be on the lower side. I've been looking at Lazada, and have been hitting statements such as used to be Brand New, Refurbished and 2nd hand. I obviously want new.

I'm looking for suggestions please - must be a laptop/notebook.
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