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Werewolf @lemmy.ml

9mo ago

Asking for Laptop Recommendation – Offline GPU

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
I would like to pull out the WiFi card. I have offline computers and online computers
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.

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Whatever laptop you do choose, make sure it has a fully featured USBC port. So you have the option to use an eGPU.
- That’s a ThunderBolt port :)
  
  Thanks to the people responsible for the USB standards, this is a popular misconception.
  For example there can be PCIe Tunneling support in USB.
  
  Thanks for the correction. I was definitely out of date, what I said was only true during the USB 3 era.
  So this is an optional part of the USB 4 spec, but from what I can tell this is required for PCs shipping with Windows 11 and USB 4 ports. Yes, this seems like more manufactured confusion courtesy of USB IF.
  
  Yeah the standards are a real mess. Even the cables can't be trusted.
  I hope when they do USB 5 all features are mandatory and all the cables are forced to qualify.

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