MaiThaiMai

Ok... wanting to run OS 9 I guess is a reason to get an old system - still personally I think probably not worth the trouble... isn't there a replacement for PageMaker?

I am in Chiang Mai and would need to get the PowerBook from Pai. 667MHz and 512MB RAM. Woo-hoo I don't know - I think it's too slow for doing serious stuff though considering when PageMaker came out that might still run OK. 60GB HD which I put in at some point.

Condition: Function 10/10; Looks 1/10. It's all working but the color coming off the bezel looks horrible, and it's coming off all the painted parts. No DVD burner, only CD and DVD reading, makes lots of noise but works.

I'd actually recommend getting a newer model if you want to work on it every day. A desktop, preferably, as those are more sturdy and last longer. The G5 towers last forever, for example, iMacs were holding up pretty well too.

Oh in my personal experience, stay away from the 1.67GHz PPC PowerBooks. I sold one of these to a friend and he ended up having lots of trouble with it. 1.67GHz is more than the G4 spec allows, and they hacked the bus speed too, so it's extremely finicky with the RAM, and things tend to break. If you get a PowerBook make sure it's 1.5Ghz or slower.

Hmm... come to think of it, I might have a 12" iBook G4 1.33 GHz PERFECT condition for sale soon when I get the lady a new one. She's hardly ever used it - something like 1x per month to change the music on the iPod. Interested in that? It might work well if hooked up to an external monitor as 12" is clearly too small for PageMaker. Wasn't planning on selling it now but if you want it, I could put the money towards upgrading her to an Air.

I have one

How much you give me?

It's a Titanium G4 with 667MHZ (top of the range!)



It's all working. The machine is in Pai. The reason I haven't sold it is that it's hardly worth selling if you can't get any money for it. Up until recently I also used it for visitors so they can check their email etc.

It looks horrible, as all the paint around the (painted) border has come off. "road warrior" looks.

Anyway make an offer and if it's worth the hassle its yours.

May I ask why you want to "boot off your favorite HD"? You can get all the data off that HD many other, perhaps, better ways. Migration assistant if you buy any new mac will restore your entire system from that HD - your data, desktop, settings, all are preserved.

You can also hook it up and just copy stuff you want.

Good answer Pib... The OP should be paying YOU for the time it took you to draft the guidance for him... as he seems to have money to spread around...

the combo method is used, no seasoning (deposit ahead of your application time) is required.

From 2010-09-18 10:55:40:

Excuse me for asking but, Is this something you know is fact or just something you thought?
The reason I ask is I leave my accounts in Thailand unused for over a year at times & never had any problems.

So I wondered if it was some new regulation you know of.

Thank You for any info

MTM, the BBK Bank New York route is one of the better options for moving larger amounts of funds from the U.S. to Thailand. You should open a BKK Bank account, if you intend to continue moving funds.....unless you want to end up wasting a lot of money.

Also, it's no problem to set up that arrangement once you're already in Thailand. Once in LOS, just open your BKK Bank account, and then use that account number and the BKK Bank NY ABA number to create a link in your Wells Fargo online banking module.

However, if you really can't or won't do that for some reason, there is another option:

--keep your funds in a U.S. account, and use your U.S. bank debit card to withdraw them from ATMs in Thailand. But you really have to be careful about that to not get reamed. 1. You need a U.S. bank account that doesn't charge foreign currency fees like Capital One or Charles Schwab, among others. And 2. You'd be better off using only AEON ATMs in Thailand if they're accessible to you, because they don't charge Thai banks' 150 baht foreign card ATM withdrawal fee. Also, ATM machines typically will only dispense 25,000 baht or so per withdrawal, and most U.S. accounts have daily withdrawal limits as well.

Another reason to open is BKK Bank account is, they do have established procedures that would allow you (and others) to have both U.S. Social Security and other pension type monthly payments direct deposited into your BKK Bank account. The advice you're apparently getting from others about that not being possible was wrong.

If you've got a recurring monthly payment to transfer, I'm pretty sure BKK Bank would be more than happy to open and maintain a Thai bank account for you. The do have some requirements for foreigners wanting to open accounts, and I believe there's a link to their bank web page explaining those requirements at the beginning of this thread.

Even for a relatively modest fee of $25 a month to do monthly wire transfers, you're going to be wasting a lot of money if you continue in that direction with traditional wire transfers. You really can do much better, if you learn a bit more about your banking options.