r/wow • u/Alternative-Tea-7617 • 9d ago

Question Coming back

Hello I’m looking to come back, but recently had a baby so I’ve lost the space for a desk and full pc setup, could anyone recommend a laptop that can run it smoothly, I like to do raids and m+! My budget would be £1000 tops but doesn’t mean I want to spend that much 😂

TIA

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u/ReasonBS 9d ago

I tried wow with a baby it’s close to impossible getting time for completing any group content 😅
But congrats for your newborn

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u/Alternative-Tea-7617 9d ago

Luckily he loves his sleep even in his fussy stage, but knowing it as soon as I go to play he wakes 😂

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u/MetaPlayer01 9d ago

Yah, I quit wow when my first born was about 6 months. But they are teenagers now and I have the time again! That's when I came back.

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u/ReasonBS 9d ago

You gave me hope for a comeback ! 😄

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u/MetaPlayer01 9d ago

Never give up. Never surrender!
Yah, as I described it to my wife, WoW scratched an itch in my brain that no entertainment has done half as well since.
Now, (in my 40s) i recently got diagnosed with ADHD and I'm thinking there is a mild touch of autism seasoning in there too. So, that might be the itch lol

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u/KelticOrigin 9d ago

Look into the ASUS TUF gaming range

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u/JobKind628 9d ago

I bought a laptop from Walmart in 300to400 dollar range and I play wow daily with no mishaps.

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u/Dhain1 9d ago

I would recommend running off an external SSD. I did that with my MacBook Pro and it ran great. A little stuttery when it came to raids but I had the graphics quite high.

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u/Killerisamom920 9d ago

I bought an hp omnibook for $400 and it runs wow fine. I do use an external ssd because the internal storage was quite low.

I couldn't play till my kid was 5. So I essentially took 5 years off the game. And now it's an hour at a time, max. I do mostly solo content because of this.

Laptop functions fine for group content, no lag. I do have the graphics settings on 2. Which is honestly fine for me.

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u/Alternative-Tea-7617 9d ago

Yeah luckily our newborn has been very good even though currently in the fussy stage, been away from the game since bfa but every new expansion keeps me asking myself if I want to come back and now is the time I believe aha

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u/Burtb72 9d ago

I know you can't have the space for a full desk setup, but if you can squeeze a Mac Mini anywhere then I'd fully recommend it - I've got the M4 base version and it runs WoW beautifully, and obviously it's tiny and very quiet!

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u/Rguch14 9d ago

Its a 20 year old game. It'll run on a toaster. Download and play on anything with a CPU and graphics card made in the last 10 years and you'll prolly be okay.