Good laptop?

Here is a good choice for you:

https://www.costco.com/msi-katana-15.6"-laptop---11th-gen-intel-core-i7-11800h---geforce-rtx-3060---1080p---144hz.product.100795408.html

11th Gen Intel Core i7-11800H
GeForce RTX 3060
16 GB DRAM
512 GB SSD
Costco 3 months return policy and extra year of warranty

$1,100 + $9.99 shipping and handling

You need to be a Costco member to buy it, though, as it is a “member-only item”. But, if you are not a member, an annual membership (which is like $60) would still be saving you quite a bit of money on this purchase. Or find a friend who is a member, they will be able to use your credit card number and your shipping address.

If you are on the East Coast and a member of Sam’s Club (which we do not have at all on the West Coast), they may have their own promotions.

I got a Dell with similar specs specifically to run Zwift back in spring. It runs zwift fine. Just be aware that those gaming laptops are bricks, literally. They are heavy and large (because of a massive GPU and all that cooling to take its heat away), and they come with a power supply which alone weighs like one of those super duper (but not suitable for Zwift) hair-light laptops. Mobile RTX 3060 also generates a good amount of heat, so you need to keep it plugged in while riding on Zwift, or you will run out of battery in 40 mins. When you do office work on it, it turns off RTX 3060 completely and runs on internal graphics.

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