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

[Steve Isenberg]

I was indeed thinking of a laptop as portability is important.  External
monitor(s) of course.
-steve

On Sun, Dec 5, 2021 at 12:08 PM Jon Dreyer <jon at jondreyer.org> wrote:

> 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>
> www.passionatelycurious.com
>
> 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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