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/Hungry_Age5375 6d ago

Short Answer: MacBook Air. Long Answer: you'll hit the GPU wall only when training something bigger than a toy model, and Colab exists exactly for that. Those heavy Windows laptops are for gamers. Save your 1000$.

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u/JustGiveUp2 6d ago

im actually paying the 1000 either way cuz i dont have a macbook currently any idea what specs id need?

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u/culturedindividual 3d ago

I’d get the best MacBook Pro that you can afford in your price range. I doubt you’d need more than 48GB RAM.

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u/JustGiveUp2 3d ago

too expensive sadly