I want to buy a laptop for a few purposes, not my main laptop:
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Use it to run !localllama@sh.itjust.works stuff and Stable Diffusion.
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Use it for games downloaded from repack sites. So for these two, it would need a decent GPU.
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I would like to pull out the WiFi card. I have offline computers and online computers. No need for this to use the internet.
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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.
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)
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.
You’ll want a laptop with an nvidia gpu or a macbook with an M chip
laptop
offline GPU
There are computers with online GPUs?
OP is from the future, when GPUs are a subscription service that processes your graphics online.
Thinkpads – a laptop with a rich history of Linux use – can be bought with an integrated 4090. The ThinkPad P1 Gen 6 can be configured with an i9, plenty of flexibility for drive space and RAM, and an RTX 4090. It’ll run you, even used, around $3k to $4k, which is the equivalent of a desktop replacement. But it’ll be pretty doggone compatible with any Linux distro you’d like.
Not sure about laptops but I have an RTX 3090 I run a local Mistral-7B through and have no issues
