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How is it any different to adding a hair style or a beard? I've a good head of hair and a glorious beard. I can represent myself with that as an avatar - so if I've dropped £800 on a glorfied smart watch - why not represent it in game. I mean, it's a watch added to an avatar in a game that only you play. If you don't want to use it then don't. You're the only one that will probably see it. I find the whole 'build an avatar of yourself' superflous anyway to the point that I don't care what accessories you can give the avatar. Other people like it though, so I respect that, I repsect that a lot.

It's just a watch on an avatar. I'm not that bothered. It's added. Big deal. My judgement... who cares.

No - windows would reserve max 1gb. If it's reserving more there's something wrong. https://www.softwaretesttips.com/hardware-reserved-memory-windows/#:~:text=The usual value of hardware,is faulty and requires fixes.

Do you know how seriously people take this? I do - if you're on twitter at all - the amount of people who post a picture of their new smart watch, Apple Ultra, Pixel, Samsung - it's a massive market and very personal to people. If you want complete immersion you want a full representation of you within the game - and if that brings you closer to being more involved within the game - then whats the harm? For me - this feature is useless - never liked the idea of custom building an AI version represenation of myself. I've no - ZERO - interest in this feature. But others like it. And if it's important to create that perfect avatar for the game - then go for it. Who am I to judge?

I'm not interested in this debate. You have your opinon - I have the facts. Fact is, people come here with a budget in mind 200, 300, 500, 900 or something along those lines. Not many people come with a budget in excess of 1.5k - and if they do I have no problem recommending a Mac to them. Any computer in that price range will run FM. The point of this thread is to help people buy the best computer for them within their budget. And most of the time that budget is not going to be enough for an expensive mid-range Mac. If you want to spout on about how great Apple are and bleat on like an iSheep then do it somewhere else. Most people here don't have the budget. If they do, I recommend the Mac or a better PC for cheaper. Have a nice day.

My personal experience is misinformation? I am not spreading misinformation. I've got experience with it. My brother has the new Mac and says it can get really hot. If you don't like that then that's fine. Have a nice day.

If you can afford it then get it. If you can't then mostly any modern Mac for the price point can play FM with no problem at all.

Seriously - they are not.

Pretty decent upgrade and I would consider it worth it. If that's the budget then that's what I'd go with.

FM is different and it does get hot. You even say it gets 'warm' - what's the difference? And it's well documented just on basic internet searches how hot they 'can' get. It is strange to disagree when it's well documented.

What typing are you doing? What software are you using? There's absolutely no need to go with M1 MacBook Air (which overheats by the way when under load and gets hot) to spend £1k on a laptop for typing. You can get A really good laptop to play FM and type. But depends completely on software the user is going to be using. MacBook Air are ok - but limited screensizes and expensive in options when upgrading. They are fixed computers, so that there is no option to upgrade in the future, what you buy now is what you are stuck with. In a laptop - you can mostly upgrade RAM and change SSDs - at a minimum. Again - what software are you using. I posted a very decent laptop just above for £700 which would be a very good perfromance vs M1. Don't mind L2+L3 Cache sizes. 4mb is loads anyway. You can see then MHZ in the last column - M1 Pro maxes out at 3220 The 5800h can potentially minimum 3200 - max 4400

How much is the discount? Is it £500-£600 with your discount? Or can you go higher with your discount? This is good https://www.currys.co.uk/products/huawei-matebook-16-laptop-amd-ryzen-7-512-gb-ssd-grey-10241914.html But it's £100 over the £600 budget - but don't know what way you're applying a discount? Does your discount get you in the £600 range?

So you had Harry Kane? Seriously though. I had a player in one FM that was 3 times world player of the year, not even the 3rd best right back in my team, but got 8's 9's every game so I kept playing him. Out of curiosity when he was going to retire I had a sneak under the hood at his CA/PA and it was only 140 PA max. Yet - 3 times player of the year, right back , tore it up. Just had the correct stats in the correct place for his job and the role I had for him. He was pure class.

This has been taken out of context. These stars ratings I was referring to was related to the game setup - not staff or anything star related in the game.

Minimum Spec is M1 M2 is a marginal upgrade, but better than M1. So it should be good given M1 is minimum.

Yeh was thinking the same Be nice to find something cheaper Out of interest I tried razer and the price was double Still looking about.

Yeh stars rating are bit flawed. It might be affected by what's running in the background etc.

Torn Chassis & DisplayIonico Series: 17.3" Matte QHD 240Hz sRGB 100% LED Widescreen (2560x1440)Processor (CPU)Intel® Core™ i9 14 Core Processor 12900H (5.0GHz Turbo)Memory (RAM)32GB Corsair 4800MHz SODIMM DDR5 (2 x 16GB)Graphics CardNVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 3070 Ti - 8.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.11st M.2 SSD Drive1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)1st M.2 SSD Drive1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W) Price: €2,685.00 including VAT and Delivery Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.ie/saved-configurations/ionico-iii-17/QKTwxP6R5j/ OR Chassis & DisplayValeon Series: 17.3" Matte QHD 240Hz sRGB 100% LED Widescreen (2560x1440)Processor (CPU)AMD Ryzen™ 9 Eight Core Processor 6900HX (3.3GHz, 4.9GHz Turbo)Memory (RAM)32GB Corsair 4800MHz SODIMM DDR5 (1 x 32GB)Graphics CardNVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 3070 Ti - 8.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.11st M.2 SSD Drive1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)1st M.2 SSD Drive1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W) Price: €2,571.00 including VAT and Delivery Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.ie/saved-configurations/valeon-ii-17/HT5!BMq6wN/ I'm buying in Ireland - so if anything similar anywhere someone spots can you let me know. Obviously if I can get one of them cheaper I will. But which one would you go for? I know they're similar. But really about processor...

What's the processor model number.

Longevity wise better to get a graphics card now, who knows what is down the road for later editions of FM. Doubt it will need a graphics card for any newer version anytime soon, but that's my perosnaly opinon. 8gb woudl be fine. And RAM is usually the most easily upgraded part. 16gb if you plan on running a lot of stuff in tandem with Football Manager, like netflix, lots of internet tabs, music or general heavy use. But 8gb no prob for now - but again - easily upgradable in the future.

Depends on the spec of the computer. Razers are designed for gaming, and football manager is a processing game, not a graphical one. That is it depends on processing power over graphics, rather than traditional games that don't require a top end processor but benefit from top end graphic cards. So what spec is the Razer 15?

Both really strong. 2nd one in my opinon. Bigger screen - own graphics card - seems like a winner. If you need a smaller lapop for travel then the 1st one would be no problem.

Close between the Victus and the Dell I'd go with Victus as has dedicated graphics card.

I got up to FM15 and stopped and went back to FM12 - really, I couldn't play FM13 even though computer met min spec it just didn't work, I gave up and went back to Fm12. Got Fm14 didn't like it, got FM15 as a gift didn't like it. So ended up back with FM12. Think it's time I give up the ghost and finally get into the new version. Think I'll go with FM22 and stay a version behind as they're up to date patches etc.

Pretty much yes. Once it verifies you.