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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Steve – <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sounds like you might be a good candidate for a custom-built machine. They do that at Micro Center:
<a href="https://www.microcenter.com/site/service/instore-service-complete-build.aspx">
https://www.microcenter.com/site/service/instore-service-complete-build.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">They claim their custom built machines start at $150 (for pretty stripped down, I’m sure), so what you’re looking for (moderately high-end HW, no OS) may be competitively priced there.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Disclaimer: I haven’t bought a custom PC there, just looked at their website.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good luck<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Frank<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">LCTG <lctg-bounces+frankgens=gmail.com@lists.toku.us> on behalf of Steve Isenberg <smisenberg@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 5:37 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Lex Computer Group <lctg@lists.toku.us><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] The impossible? Buy a laptop WITHOUT Microsoft Windows?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">Gentlepeople,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">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 <i>without</i> an operating system (like Windows)?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">-steve<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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