Windows 11

[glalt]

I bought a Dell Precision T117 computer new. it has been totally trouble free for more than 8 years. I did install an SSD and increased the RAM to 16 GB. it proved impossible to upgrade to Windows 11. Recently it apparently has some problem with the video card. Once in a while the monitor would go black. Fiddling with it, it would come back on. I downloaded the latest driver and it now seems OK. I even put a new 30,000 baht Dell replacement in my shopping cart. I was then looking at second hand machines. I questioned a seller and they recommended an Acer with a GEN 8 CPU. This machine is loaded and guaranteed for 3 months.

Acer Veriton X2660G / CPU Intel Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz / RAM DDR4 8 GB FSB 2666 MHz / SSD SATA 256 GB. It also has a 500 GB SATA hard drive loaded with many programs including Windows Office. I asked them if they would install Windows 11. No problem. I paid 5,900 baht with free shipping. The seller is named Nice Techno Computer. The shipping was very fast, it looks like new and works great. Windows 11 takes some getting used to but I have already figured out most things. This machine is very fast with the 8 GB of RAM. I see no need to upgrade to 16 GB.

[tamada]

Good deal indeed, well done.

Maybe uninstall any of the programs you won't need? There's no way of knowing if the reseller used hacked versions to install them. W11's native Defender (?) antivirus should be sufficient to keep it clean.

[glalt]

Good deal indeed, well done.

Maybe uninstall any of the programs you won't need? There's no way of knowing if the reseller used hacked versions to install them. W11's native Defender (?) antivirus should be sufficient to keep it clean.

I ran a scan and it showed nothing. After poking around a bit, I saw that the program was activated. I have found that Adobe Acrobat is quite useful.It also showed the Windows 11 update up to date.

About 4 years ago I bought an HP Prodesk from this same company. It had no extra programs on it. My wife used it for at least 4 years and it worked very well. I went dead all at once with no warning. It was a cheap price also. I think it was a decent investment. I didn't try to get it repaired because that same model now costs 1.998 baht. The repair cost likely wouldn't have been cheap. I don't remember how much I paid.

[tamada]

Just replaced my i5 mini ATX that cost around 13k THB to assemble in 2011 with a 10 year-old Lenovo N700 tiny i5 desktop for 3800 baht from the chap in Tukcom. Came with W10, Office and Adobe stuff activated plus some other handy utils. No junk so obviously a corporate buyback/ refurb.

I replaced the boot 1Tb HDD with a 250 Gb SSD that I already had to speed things up, bumped the RAM from 4 to 16 Mb (cheap on Lazada) and will add an M.2 1Tb SSD (also cheap on Lazada) for the data and junk.

[glalt]

Windows 11 is a do everything for everyone even if you don''t want it to. I like Windows 10 better. Reminds me of my hated iPhone.

[tamada]

Windows 11 is a do everything for everyone even if you don''t want it to. I like Windows 10 better. Reminds me of my hated iPhone.

Got to agree. My "new" laptop is W11 and after migrating happily from DOS through all Windows iterations, I dislike the "we know better" and "you need this" feeling W11 confers.

[Potamoi]

Windows 11 is a do everything for everyone even if you don''t want it to. I like Windows 10 better. Reminds me of my hated iPhone.

Got to agree. My "new" laptop is W11 and after migrating happily from DOS through all Windows iterations, I dislike the "we know better" and "you need this" feeling W11 confers.

I agree W11 is much more Apple like and only use it on two PCs. The other 7 have W10 and I am perfectly happy to stay on W10 for those. But as I was happy to stay with W7 in days gone by, times do change.