where to buy older tech laptop?

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firehawk

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Any suggestions on a reputable place to buy an older laptop?
I am looking for one with an Nvidia graphics card and a 5th or 6th generation i7 intel processor such as 6700 in case my CS6 will not work on WIN 10 and I have to install WIN 7 instead. Apparantly the 7th generation up (7700) will not allow you to use WINDOWS 7.
And sounds like there is a good chance that CS6 will not work on WIN10
 
I've bought several used PCs on ebay with no issues. Look for vendors with 99+% ratings. You can filter on Windows 7, i7 5th or 6th gen processor, and memory size to save some time (nothing for sale with that combination at present). Win 7 with 5th or 6th gen is an oddball. I don't see any past sales with this combination. It looks like you'll have to buy a PC with win 10 and install win 7 yourself.
 
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Newegg and look at refurbished devices, many of these come with Win7 installed from the process. I don't think Microsoft officially supports Win10 as a refurbished (recertified) item yet (could be wrong).

But I've read reports from a few people that say CS6 works fine on win10. Haven't tried it myself and might be in for a big surprise later on when I am forced to move all the computers in our facility to win10.
 
Thank you, Greg and Paul.
I searched for a while used and new and finally found Lenovos new with warranty i7/6700 processor, 17.3" screen, Windows 7 installed and Nvidia Quadro GPU.
Bought a 1TB SSD on cyber monday deal to add to it.
Also found some more expensive/better notebooks, but this checks most of my boxes so I went with it. CS6 should install fine so now I'll have a mobile workstation that can tag team projects my main workstation.
It's only 16GB RAM vs 64GB in my desktop, but the notebook has a newer processor so we'll see how it compares.
 
Newegg saved me.
I upgraded myself right out of FCP7, so I had to get an older Mac. Newegg worked great and was helpful in the process.
I use it only for editing and therefore I don't even go on-line with it.
Works great!!
As an aside...I have FCPX on my MAC OS 10.11.6 El Capitan (that I use for all the other things I do in my life) and have tried many times to transition to it. But I don't like it...still. The old FCP (on that older Mac that I got through NewEgg) keeps me going!

Edit: I will admit, though, that FCPX has saved me several times when I've had to work in 4K or work fast in 2K.
 
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