My Son had Sims 4 & loads of the packs & was playing it on a PC. The PC has broke & my Son is really distressed as he’s autistic. I want to replace it but with a laptop as he said he would prefer to play from the couch using a tray table, but he wants to be able to use a mouse. So I’m looking for a laptop that is good enough to play SIMS 4 that is no more than £500 please, but also you can attach a normal mouse to it ? I want to get it ordered tonight. Thanks
ChloeMM10 You can connect almost any mouse with almost any laptop. The one question is what kind of connector the mouse has, that is if it's not wireless. Some very new laptops don't have USB-A ports, which is what almost all mice use. But adapters are cheap and generally reliable; you just have to know you need one. Or if you don't want to buy one, don't order a laptop that lacks the port the mouse needs.
For the laptop itself, this is the best I'm seeing for £500 or less, the same model on two sites:
https://www.currys.co.uk/products/hp-pavilion-plus-14ew1501sa-14-laptop-intel-core-ultra-5-512-gb-ssd-silver-10264311.html
https://www.hp.com/gb-en/shop/product.aspx?id=A2VZ8EA&opt=ABU&sel=NTB
It should be able to run all current Sims 4 packs together on high-ultra to ultra graphics settings, depending on your son's play style and how smooth he wants gameplay to be. It also has more than enough RAM and storage for Sims 4.
If you don't like that one for whatever reason, these are all the next tier down in terms of performance, meaning high graphics settings with maybe a setting or two turned down to medium:
https://www.currys.co.uk/products/acer-aspire-3-15.6-laptop-intel-core-i5-512-gb-ssd-silver-10254475.html
https://www.currys.co.uk/products/asus-vivobook-16-x1605va-16-laptop-intel-core-i5-512-gb-ssd-silver-10265763.html
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/7665125?clickPR=plp:2:122
https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/laptops-2-in-1-pcs/inspiron-15-laptop/spd/inspiron-15-3530-laptop
https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/laptops-2-in-1-pcs/dell-15-laptop/spd/dell-dc15255-laptop
https://ao.com/product/nxk6sek00a-acer-aspire-3-a31559-laptop-silver-105399-251.aspx
https://ao.com/product/x1504vanj1617w-asus-vivobook-15-laptop-silver-104739-251.aspx
I know that's a lot of links, but since you wanted to order tonight and I don't know what other details you care about (e.g. screen size), I figured I'd provide a bunch of options and let you sort through them. The important thing is that these should all perform roughly the same, so you can choose based on whatever criteria you want. But if you do want to talk about the details, let me know.
This is a little faster, not in the same category as the first one but worth considering if you're not getting that one:
https://www.hp.com/gb-en/shop/product.aspx?id=A44SBEA&opt=ABU&sel=NTB
If you have more questions, about these or in general, please feel free to ask.
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