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Thanks. Ditto on the pricing experience.

It occurs to me that if I want to upgrade this little machine for wifey, I may be able to find a laptop with a damaged display very cheap, and plunder it for parts, then resell the motherboard & probably the processor....

77 posted on 10/09/2025 11:46:32 PM PDT by Paul R. (Old Viking saying: "Never be more than 3 steps away from your weapon ... or a Uriah Heep song!" ;-))

To: Paul R.; fireman15; Openurmind

Whew! Had a long 2 days “out” (away from home).

It has dawned on me that some of the even cheaper refurb machines with Win 11 Pro may well have the TPM 1.2 to 2.0 patch applied, and might then pass muster with Microsoft even though the processors are not on the “official” Microsoft list. But, I’m not so sure it’d be worth taking a chance, given the “possible” headaches.

“For parts” servers with DDR4 RAM in them might also be a cheap source of RAM, if they’ll at least boot to BIOS? I see some of those with 8 sticks in them. Not that I need THAT much RAM.

Wifey’s new machine still appears to be on track to arrive Wednesday. :-)

78 posted on 10/12/2025 2:04:19 PM PDT by Paul R. (Old Viking saying: "Never be more than 3 steps away from your weapon ... or a Uriah Heep song!" ;-))

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