I recently purchased a 2018 Razer Blade 15 Advanced from Microcenter. I got it as an open box that's has been sitting around for a while and paid 1100.00 for the i7/8th Gen, 1060 version. Been running it for 8 days and it seems be be the bee-nees, that trackpad is pure silk! However, part of the openbox was it wouldn't boot, likely due to an interrupted factory restore. No biggie, I just attempted it again, failed and then just wiped all the partitions and installed windows. It's been running fine, however the windows license key reverts to my M$ account digital license instead of whatever product key came on the factory image. Neither Microcenter or Razer are helpful on this front (other than just return it).
My quandary is;
Due to the sweet purchase price should i just eat that issue (laptop runs fine and a win home key is only 80ish bucks) OR
Return it for some other ultra thin or spend 2000-2400 on a new Razer or Maybe the Asus Zephyrus s 15 inch?
My main usage is work research (in cyber sec) so running VMs and of course some gaming. I want something that doesn't scream gamer which is why i like the razer blade. I also like the high refresh rate gaming for when i'm sick of tinkering with work.
Fishing for advice (keep it and/or here are some options for thin gaming laptops) based on this limited info. I have a nice gaming desktop but like to be able to game on the go when traveling or on the couch.
Thanks to whomever takes some time to respond!