Hi all, I am planning to replace my 14" laptop with another 14" one. The three main reasons are: Faster performace of Excel. Better graphics in Train Simulator Classic. Always nice to get a new toy. The new system specs are: ASUS Zenbook Pro 14 OLED UX6404VV-P4046W Windows 11 Home Intel® Core™ i9-13900H Processor 2.6 GHz (24MB Cache, up to 5.4 GHz, 14 cores, 20 threads) NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4060 8GB GDDR6 Laptop GPU 32GB DDR5 RAM 1TB M.2 NVMe™ PCIe® 4.0 Performance SSD storage 14.5" 2.8K OLED (2880 x 1800) 16:10 120Hz 400nits screen Unique performance for such a small laptop. A huge leap forward for me (see old specs in my signature) According to ..benchmark.net the performance gain is: Benchmark from ---> to CPU Mark 13935 ---> 30708 DirectX 12 13 FPS ---> 77 FPS GPU Compute 1422 Ops/Sec ---> 7290 Ops/Sec G2D Rating 337 ---> 780 G3D Rating 2685 ---> 18451 QUESTION - What about the Operating System ? Should I get Windows11 Home or Windows11 Pro ? Does Train Simulator Classic have a preference ?
I'm using 11 Pro with no issues, same as when I used 10 Pro before that, The OS has never had any adverse affect on TS other than it's stricter security access to Program Files and Program Files (x86) which can cause issues if you leave the RailWorks folder set to it's default "Read Only" setting. These days it's far simpler to have a custom RailWorks folder which lies outside of the standard C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common this can be achieved in a few different ways the simplest being within Steam > Settings > Add a new Steam library folder if it's going to be a fresh install or you can move the current install through Steam by right clicking on the game in Steam > Properties > Installed Files > Move this game's content to another folder or drive, or even by just copy & pasting your current RailWorks folder to a new location and creating a Desktop Shortcut to the RailWorks64.exe but this last option means Steam won't automatically apply updates or add new DLC content, you'll have to add them manually from the original Steam installed RailWorks, there is another option too but that's explained more indepth by torfmeisters thread here > https://forums.dovetailgames.com/th...ly-install-old-ts-versions-next-to-tsc.71041/
Thanks for all the good info Reef. The new laptop will get a new and fresh install of everything, including TSC2023
Then I highly recommend you install TSC (no year suffix anymore, that's sooooo 2022) to a new folder that's not in either of the Program Files folders.
Ah I see, thanks Reef. I have been away for 2 years or so. No idea the year had been dropped. When did it change from TS2022 to TSC ? You expect another year update in 2023 or you expect the next update in 2024 ?
