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I don't plan on doing much gaming on it. Just regular laptop things.

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[–] OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If you're a g*mer or do any work with AI (preferably open-source), pretty much anything relatively recent with a graphics card, used is better for driving down price while still getting a good deal.

[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

f you're a g*mer or do any work with AI (preferably open-source)

I don't work with AI and I'm pretty much just a casual console gamer

[–] OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

Thinkpad is probably your best option then, I've heard a lot of good things over the years

[–] Chronicon@hexbear.net 4 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

who tf is doing local "work with AI" lol

On a laptop, no less

even the huge models that you can't run locally are kinda mid and hallucinate a lot, why would you run some tiny local thing unless you're generating banned material

[–] farting_weedman@hexbear.net 8 points 22 hours ago

I use a pytorch accelerator on a laptop.

[–] hamid@vegantheoryclub.org 8 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I use a local llm to re-write the tone of emails for my job so I'm not dripping with hatred and seething contempt

[–] toys_are_back_in_town@hexbear.net 5 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

this, so much this

you ever seen Sorry To Bother You?

I have an LLM give my emails White Voice and it's helped a lot as someone who can't stand being "professional"

[–] hamid@vegantheoryclub.org 4 points 12 hours ago

hahaha yes, this is exactly what I'm thinking when I do it

[–] Lawn_and_disorder@hexbear.net 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Please share some links, i need this!

[–] toys_are_back_in_town@hexbear.net 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Links to what, Boots Riley's film or an LLM that will rewrite messages for you?

Because pretty much any of the open models will do the task now, depends on what hardware you have available as to what is best so I can only recommend searching "offline LLM".

[–] Lawn_and_disorder@hexbear.net 2 points 7 hours ago

Allright will give it a go 😃