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lazazael t1_j0e2bfs wrote

laptop is either a macbook or thinkpad for me, i'd buy for portability and use cloud resources/ university servers for actual computation

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lazazael t1_j0fr6zz wrote

if not the cloud because u don't want ongoing payment than remote compute on a desktop with 256 ram&4090 heating the office, an instance like that is a beast for ML compared to these...slim contenders, university professors usually do that, they buy a heavy lifter for a few of them to use freely from their mb airs or thinkpads

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elbiot t1_j0nnc82 wrote

Yeah I brought a used gaming desktop from Facebook and kept my 6 year old laptop. Crazy specs for the price and came with a 3060 with 12gb vram. I recommend a gpu with more vram vs one that's "faster" because it won't be fast if it can't load the model at all

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