Laptop

[mmisiak]

Can I use a laptop to run MSFS 2020? If so could someone recommend one?

 

Thanks

[NFM]

Hi!

Yes you can run MSFS on a laptop. But it has to be quite a good laptop. These are the requirements to run MSFS according to Steam:

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system.
• OS: Windows 10.
• Processor: Intel i5-4460 | AMD Ryzen 3 1200.
• Memory: 8 GB RAM.
• Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 770 | AMD Radeon RX 570.
• DirectX: Version 11.
• Storage: 150 GB available space.

If the laptop meets those requirements, than you're good to go. 
And it's definitely helpful if the laptop is even better than just the requirements...

[dmthorson]

I have been running MSFS on a laptop since shortly after its release, and I have had very few problems (that were not of my own making.)  It probably helps that I run an essentially "clean" copy with no add-ons or third-party software, and I have very few other programs or apps on the laptop, pretty much just Microsoft's Office suite and a couple of browsers.

 

FWIW, my laptop is a Dell Alienware m17 R3

 

Windows 11 Home 64-bit, x64-based processor

Intel i9-10980HK CPU @ 2.40GHz (16 CPUs)

32GB RAM

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

DirectX 12

1.5 TB disc space, >700 GB available after installing MSFS (and everything else on the computer)

 

As you might expect, I spent about twice as much as I usually have for laptops in the past, more than $3000 a few years ago.