Getting New Laptop - Specs Inside - What Do You Think ?

[Cardinal51]

Hi all,

I am planning to replace my 14" laptop with another 14" one.

The three main reasons to get a new laptop are:

-Faster performace of Excel.
-Better graphics in Train Simulator Classic.
-Always nice to get a new toy.

The new system specs are:

-ASUS Zenbook Pro 14 OLED UX6404VV-P4046W
-Windows 11 Home/Pro
-Intel® Core™ i9-13900H Processor 2.6 GHz (24MB Cache, up to 5.4 GHz, 14 cores, 20 threads)
-NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4060 8GB GDDR6 Laptop GPU
-32GB DDR5 RAM
-1TB M.2 NVMe™ PCIe® 4.0 Performance SSD storage
-14.5" 2.8K OLED (2880 x 1800) 16:10 120Hz 400nits screen

Unique performance for such a small laptop. A huge leap forward for me (see old specs in my signature)
According to ..benchmark.net the performance gain is:

-Benchmark from ---> to
-CPU Mark 13935 ---> 30708
-DirectX 12 13 FPS ---> 77 FPS
-GPU Compute 1422 Ops/Sec ---> 7290 Ops/Sec
-G2D Rating 337 ---> 780
-G3D Rating 2685 ---> 18451

QUESTION - What about the Operating System ? Should I get Windows11 Home or Windows11 Pro ? Does Train Simulator Classic have a preference ?

[buzz456]

Either version of 11 will work just fine for Train Sim.

[Chacal]

The three main reasons to get a new laptop are:

-Faster performace of Excel.
-Better graphics in Train Simulator Classic.
-Always nice to get a new toy.

These are your reasons? I take it you're not married.

[Cardinal51]

LOL

She gets a new pnone or tablet every year :-)