Posted in another topic to no replies....hoping someone here can help
DS1 wants a computer “to play games on” for Christmas. He has SEN so doesn’t really have any concept of money or what is required but on further questioning, he wants to use it to play games like Apex Legends and Fortnite. He’s angling to play Call of Duty but it’s an 18 and he’s 15 (16 in 3 months) so I’m holding out for the moment. There seems to be a massive variation in cost of laptops and I’m totally out of touch with what he actually needs to play those games. I had in my mind I could spend around £500-600 (which is still £££ more than I wanted to spend) but I’m struggling to find anything that looks reasonable for that price. So can anyone advise what spec I actually need, or even better, recommend a laptop or desktop that can play those games on it? Although a desktop is likely to be more once you’ve added the monitor in, I can ask relatives for the monitor. I also wonder if it is better to get a desktop in the long run if he wants to watch Netflix etc on it because the screen will be bigger.