[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] The impossible? Buy a laptop WITHOUT Microsoft Windows?

[Jon Dreyer]

I just assumed Steve was asking about a laptop because he 
mentioned the display, but I guess he could just have been 
talking about the graphics card. I agree that, portability 
aside, desktops are the way to go. But portability is 
important for many of us!

Personally I use my laptop most of the time as a desktop, 
connected to a 4K monitor, kb, mouse, stereo and lots of 
other things via usb. But it is a wonderful thing to be able 
to take it places from time to time, and these days laptops 
have plenty of power for many applications. I do a lot of 
audio editing and some video editing, for example.

Anyway, I'd be glad to share my experience with this new 
frame.work laptop with the group once I have some more time 
with it.

-- 
Jon "Right To Carry" Dreyer
Math tutor/Computer science tutor 
<http://www.passionatelycurious.com>
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On 2021-12-04 22:47, L Wittig wrote:
> Why do you want a laptop to edit films?  I would think you 
> would like a large screen so you could have a lot of 
> windows open at one time.
>
> On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 5:37 PM Steve Isenberg 
> <smisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     Gentlepeople,
>     Do you know of any place where you can buy one of
>     those really powerful systems (like, Intel i7, good
>     graphics, HD display, 500GB SSD, 16GB memory) and save
>     money by buying the machine /without/ an operating
>     system (like Windows)?
>     I'm thinking of trying to install a Linux release on
>     the machine and try it for video editing.  Every place
>     I look bundles the machine with Microsoft Windows.
>     Thanks,
>     -steve
>
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