Folks - I was out of action for more than a month now. My old laptop's graphics card stopped working - had to get it replaced. However I got tired of waiting and got my self a new desktop.
The specs:
Wait for it, wait for it,...
Core i5-8400, Hexacore
Motherboard - Z370, Aorus Gaming 3,
16 GB Corsair Vengence RAM
8 GB Nvidia GTX 1070
Hyper 212x Air Cooling
Didn't want to show off - but...
X-Plane 11 flies like a charm... Will try to make a make a flight this weekend.
Regards,
Indrajit