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1 hour ago, Gangor said:

This is really good value. One thing to bear in mind though is that the Ice Lake CPUs (of which this is one) are designed to prioritise battery life over performance even more than the U variants, so this is probably the worst FM experience you'll have on an i5 laptop from either of the last couple of generations. Battery should last longer though.

There's actually no compulsion to ever activate Windows 10. I think Microsoft are happy to just have people on their platform. The only benefit really to buying a key is that you can customise wallpaper etc and it gets rid of the watermark in the bottom right. You can download the installation from Microsoft's website right onto a USB stick and use that to install on the laptop. Alternatively I believe you can play FM on Linux (which is completely free) these days if you feel adventurous. 

 

Thank you for advise

There is also this laptop that I was looking at which has double the SSD and already has windows installed on it

 

https://www.ebuyer.com/947552-lenovo-v15-core-i5-8gb-512gb-ssd-15-6-win10-home-laptop-82c500g4uk

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1 hour ago, Kav173 said:

Hello, Im looking for a laptop to play FM on, however my budget is only around £500 max. Could someone please point me in the right direction?

How does this one look?

https://www.ebuyer.com/947191-asus-a509ja-core-i5-8gb-256gb-ssd-15-6-no-os-laptop-a509ja-ej078

 

Issue is no operating system but I think you can buy these off eBay for like £10

• Intel Core i5-1035G1 1.0 GHz
• 8GB RAM + 256GB SSD
• 15.6" FHD Display
• Intel UHD Graphics
• No Operating System

[New Laptop/PC Advice -Please Read the Opening Post]

Hello, Im looking for a laptop to play FM on, however my budget is only around £500 max. Could someone please point me in the right direction?