I'll second the system 76 recommendation.  The company I work (Aspen
Systems) for sells bare metal all the time, but they tend to be very high
end with E5 dual/quad processors (X9 motherboard with four E5-2690 (8 cores
each)  and 16x8gb ram would not be all that unusual for us...  I built one
yesterday) .  So, there are places around,  but System76 assembles in
California,  is based in Denver,  and builds a solid machine run solely on
penguin power...  No MS Tax here.

Kevin
On Aug 14, 2013 9:32 PM, "Derek Trotter" <expat.arizonan@gmail.com> wrote:

>  Is there anyone who sells computers without an operating system?  Sooner
> or later I'll buy another one and I don't want to pay for a Windows license
> I'll never use.  Also is there anyone selling computers with linux
> installed?  If so which distro?  If all else fails, I'll just buy the parts
> and build one.  However that might prove difficult if I wanted a laptop.
>
> --
> "I get my copy of the daily paper, look at the obituaries page, and if I’m not there, I carry on as usual."
>
> Patrick Moore
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