Thanks for your helpful response @Brian and @Damien Symonds gives a nice vote of confidence that you have an Asus TUF Damien.
Sorry I didn't reply sooner, have been offline the past couple of days.
I was instore today to buy the Asus TUF, when a friend who works in tech, who I'd messaged to ask to help me clone across to the new laptop phoned me and said to stay away from the AMD processor, as they are prone to problems / not as reliable as intel. I know they have been around for less time. I've searched on-line and did find quite a few threads complaining of problems with AMD processors, including working with windows, and one with some photoshop issues Photoshop "export as" problems with Ryzen CPUs? - AMD Community
But I also found some reviews of the AMD Ryzen 7 4800H processor vs Intel where the AMD seemed to out perform Intel.
So, I was hoping to get your input on the AMD vs Intel issue as well, so I can make a more informed choice, and get this done, so I can make my way through Damien's classes this year
I have searched further and found the following two laptop options with Intel chips, that also seem to have specs that might be suitable, if it is safest / best to stay with Intel
https://www.lenovo.com/au/en/laptops/legion-laptops/lenovo-legion-y-series/Lenovo-Legion-Y540-15/p/88GMY501214 - I believe that I can add another SSD and upgrade the HD after purchase on this.
Inspiron 14 7400 Laptop (dell.com) - not sure if the video card in this is good enough? I think the processor might actually be better? and also the screen?
Sorry for all the questions, but your advice is really helpful.