Looking for deal on basic PC laptop, for running Windows version of QuickBooks Pro. Recommendations?

[john-o]

Hopefully I won’t get beat up too bad over this. :peace: Subject pretty much says it all. I’m just really tired of the hassle of running virtualization software to use the Windows version of QB (which my accountant requires me to use). I find that I don’t keep my books updated very often, mostly because I don’t want to have to deal with the performance hit of running it virtually on my Mac.

Any Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals to recommend? I’d like to spend under $500, but don’t want it to be a dog either. I’m currently considering these two deals between $600-650 at B&H and BestBuy online:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1...intel.html
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/microsoft-s...Id=6111206&ref=199&loc=dZCX6Je2w8Q&acampID=1&siteID=dZCX6Je2w8Q-NPOKXP5re5DVFW6VtLFZvg

TiA for any suggestions you may have!