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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.

The first 2 are the best in your list. Don't go near the 3rd one. As for the rest of your post the answer is in the opening post.