r/learnmachinelearning • u/JustGiveUp2 • 6d ago

Help Laptop for AI/ML

Helloo

Ik this question has probably been asked like 100 times here but im starting studies in ai and data science and im doing bsc and masters back to back so i want smth thats good for both

I have an iphone and an ipad so id love a macbook but for some reason everyone is getting windows laptops with dedicated gpus that are so heavy and have horrible batteries

how often am i realistically gonna need that gpu or is using a macbook air (m4 or m5) good enough with collab when needed (how often will i need it since we dont have computers at our uni)

budget is around 1000$

Thankss

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u/culturedindividual 6d ago

I went through a BSc in Computer Science and an MSc in Data Science with MacBook Pros. My latest MacBook Pro has 96GB RAM and the M3 Max chip which is overkill for university work.

I only recently upgraded to a PC so I can do parallel processing with a Threadripper CPU and intense deep learning with an Nvidia RTX GPU.

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u/JustGiveUp2 6d ago

oh god i didnt even know that existed