My main PC, which is a laptop had its battery die recently. First it started to last 40 minutes intead of 2 hours, and now it lasts less than 3 minutes. I can only work with the laptop if it's connected to an outlet now.
I've been thinking about upgrading my laptop for a while now, and this became my excuse to check on options... So, I looked up Laptops on Amazon to see what are the prices, and also researched which laptops will satisfy my needs.
I'd like to use AI Tools offline, that includes Image Generation, so I wanted a Nvidia RTX series, or an equivalent. I thought it'd be cheaper to use AMD alternatives, but After researching Ryzen AI series, I realized that Laptops with AMD APUs, even the latest ones, don't have the technology for running AI locally... At least not as good as Nvidia GPUs Laptops with the same prices.
In my research I also noticed that I need an RTX GPU with at least xx60 series. That I need to have RTX 3060 or better. Looking at the laptop prices on Amazon, I figured I need RTX 4060 or better. Since I plan on dual-booting Windows and Linux, I have to have at least 1TB Storage, (preferably 2TB,) and 16GB RAM, (preferably 32GB.)
All of these requirements will make the laptop I need to be on the $1000-$1500 Range... I can't afford this for now, at least not comfortably...
I may decide on a cheaper laptop without NVIDIA GPU, anything released in the last 3 years would be better my current Laptop, and a Ryzen-based Laptop in the $600-$700 range would last me a long time assuming I won't be using it for local LLM inference. I actually found a few good ones on Amazon.. That'd be my fallback option.
My current direction is to accumelate more money so I can afford the "dream" laptop I mentioned above, and maybe look at used PCs in my local areas, maybe I'll find a deal like that for cheap. Not sure if I'll go this direction, since Batteries on used Laptops are really bad here...
Well, only time will tell what I'll choose. إن شاء الله
What do you think?
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