I want to buy a laptop for a few purposes, not my main laptop:

  • Use it to run !localllama@sh.itjust.works stuff and Stable Diffusion.

  • Use it for games downloaded from repack sites. So for these two, it would need a decent GPU.

  • I would like to pull out the WiFi card. I have offline computers and online computers. No need for this to use the internet.

  • I would probably dual-boot Windows and Linux, or else have it boot Windows and use a live USB when I want Linux

Thank you all.

Money is no object.

  • B0raxDeutsch
    4·
    4 months ago

    Why a laptop? Sounds like a stationary application?

    Maybe look into workstation laptops, they tend to have more video memory (which you need for local AI)

    • AdNecrias@lemmy.pt
      4·
      4 months ago

      This… You haven’t listed a need for mobility (though I assume this is a machine you just take somewhere where you won’t have Internet).

      Because of heat dissipation constraints any cpu or gpu you have on your laptop with be both more expensive and less powerful.

      So my advice is spend half you were going to spend on a desktop rather than their portable machine, if you’re not going to use its portability.