The nuc is really nice. But it is a compact sandwich of Intel silicon. 

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020, 9:50 PM der.hans <PLUGd@lufthans.com> wrote:
Am 01. Apr, 2020 schwätzte Jim so:

moin moin,

if you want pre-built, then I recommend looking at ZA Reason and system76.
They'll also pre-install GNU/Linux for you.

I have bought a few systems from ZA Reason. I make a backup in case I need
to look at what they were doing with drivers, then throw on debian or a
variant. That's worked well for me.

I have heard lots of good things about system76.

Newegg has been great for me for years as well. They fight patent trolls
and win.

NUC looks intersting, but I haven't yet played with one. For other similar
stuff, I've done what Aaron suggested in buying a bare bones system, then
adding RAM and storage. That has worked quite well for me.

ciao,

der.hans

> I'm looking to buy a desktop pc but I don't want one that has windows already
> on it since I won't use it.   Can someone suggest somewhere online that sells
> them?  thanks
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