Help Deciding What to Do.

@candiecoatediv  I sincerely doubt you, or anyone really, could tell the difference between 120 and 144 Hz.  A lot of people can't even tell the difference between 144 and 60.  I wouldn't worry about it at all.

If you want to link the laptop, I can look it over for you.

@puzzlezaddict 

Here is the one I purchase. 

https://www.newegg.com/rog-strix-g-black-asus-rog-strix-iii-g-gl531gu-pb74-gaming-entertainment/p/N82E16834235208?Item=N82E16834235208

I can still cancel my order. In reading online it doesn't sound like there's much difference. 

@candiecoatediv  That's a great laptop, although I still think it's a bit overpriced.  (Of course, it's your money.)  The only one that might be a better option, at least for what you want, is this MSI:

https://www.newegg.com/black-msi-gl-series-gl73-8sd-297-gaming-entertainment/p/N82E16834155231?Item=N82E16834155231

You'd have to add more RAM, but for $400 cheaper ($450 once you factor in the rebate), it seems like a great deal.  The processor is only a bit weaker, still more than powerful enough for everything you'd want to do—you could even run TS3 and TS4 at the same time if you were so inclined, not that that seems like a reasonable thing to do.

The other thing to consider is that the exact same specs in the Cyberpower laptop are $200 cheaper.  They'd even be $30 cheaper at Best Buy.  In terms of quality, these laptops are all pretty close, including the screens.

@puzzlezaddict  I received my laptop almost two days ago and I’m quickly regretting my decision. Yes my game plays great but I have ran into one problem after another with Windows 10. It absolutely will not let me open up or access my external hard drive to transfer files. Flash drives no problem but not the external. I read all over online about this issues and all recommendations to fix it without having to download a ton of programs cease to work. All I’ve been able to do it create a new volume to add stuff but not open up my old files. Secondly, for the last two hours I’ve been trying to transfer over CC I downloaded from my downloads folder into the mods folder to be tested and for 10 items it says it’s going to take more than one day. So I stopped the copy process and tried just one file and it’s been stuck on 77% for over twenty minutes. Is this real life? How are people functioning with this many issues? Any suggestions? This is extremely painful and I’m thinking of returning the laptop strictly based on the performance of Windows 10. 

@candiecoatediv  Sorry, I missed this post earlier.

There are a few different issues with Windows 10 that you should be aware of.  You already addressed the cc problem, but OneDrive could still be a headache if you don't configure it to your liking.  It will usually upload your Documents folder by default, and with it the contents of your TS4 game folder.  If it tries to sync while you're playing, it could cause lag or even crash the game.  I disabled mine at startup and never looked back, but turning off the automatic sync function I linked in the other thread would work as well.

My guess is that your external hard drive is formatted for macOS, and so Windows can't read its files.  External drives that support both operating systems are more expensive (although maybe not if you bought an Apple-branded one), and many file formats still don't convert from one OS to another.  If you want to transfer your saves to your new computer, it may be easier to upload them to iCloud, which has a Windows version as well.  Or you could upload them to a free filesharing site (e.g. Mediafire); you can usually get a couple gigabytes worth of data for free.

There's a reason so many people pay a premium for a Mac—the OS is much easier to use without having to do much research.  It will get easier though.  Windows 10 is less fickle than previous versions, and more flexible in many ways than macOS.  If you keep learning, and take notes on what you've figured out how to do, you'll get there.

Thank you! The ONLY HD is a Windows that I’ve had for a long time. When I switched over to Mac initially I never had an issue accessing my Windows files. I can still access the files via Mac but not the other way around. I’ve since moved all my files over to my MacBook. I’m now trying to figure out how I can access the entire external hard drive as now it will only let me access 127gb or 320gb when I set up the new volume partition. It’s completely empty but I want to be able to use it. How do I disable the one drive permanently? 

I will try that with the EHD and see if it help. As for the One Drive it’s never opened on startup so I didn’t realize that it could possibly be running. But when I went into One Drive it was ticked to open when logged in to Windows so I un-ticked that part. 

@puzzlezaddict  Update: I ended up checking to make sure the drive was empty and reformatting it. Thank you so much for your help!! 

@candiecoatediv  I'm glad to hear it worked, and I hope using Windows gets easier for you as time goes on.  If not, well, you know where to find us.