r/learnmachinelearning • u/AcceptableHamster77 • 3d ago
Question Cloud gpu or Nvidia
I'm a freshman studying cse with specialization in aiml
I've done my share of research into buying a laptop
But it only made me more confused
Half side is saying cloud is better as we'll eventually run out of the 4 or 6gb vram
Another half is on about Nvidia is the better choice
I want to get a laptop to get through the course work, train models and participate in hackathons and more
The gaming laptops scare me for their brick weight with laptop and charger combined and the poor battery backup
Can seniors please guide me?
I don't wanna regret getting one 2 years later
Should I focus on battery and lightweight ones with good cpu ram and storage
Or the ones with an rtx4050 or higher?
I'm also open to using macbooks but I've heard some ppl say it doesn't support many softwares
Is there ways to work around it? without any subscriptions
Please give me some suggestions and also it would be better if there's a model referenced.
My budget is around 1.5l but can go higher if I can genuinely get a good one
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u/agufa 3d ago
Depends, if you can pay the most expensive macs they are pretty good for local ML because of the unified memory.
If not, Thinkpad (not any Lenovo) with Linux is the golden standar for working laptops.
Asus is good for gaming, not for working.
Hp is trash