Buy any laptop with following specs -
1. 32GB RAM (stock) + Extra slot with >= 32GB support (higher freq. = better perf.)
2. SSD 1TB
3. AMD Ryzen CPU (6x2 or 8x2 threads)
4. Nvidia RTX series GPU with atleast 8GB VRAM (not sure if 12GB VRAM comes with any laptop).
Quantized LLMs upto 8b parameters can be easily run on above specs. Quantized models are getting better and better. I use them for code suggestion and code gen.
> This strange quirk of human behavior can even cost lives. In South Korea, a young couple became so addicted to raising a virtual baby that they let their real baby starve to death. The parents prioritized what they could quantify — levelling up their virtual baby — over that which they couldn’t — the life of their real one.
This is so sad. Such incident indeed confirms technology is pursuing people into forgetting real meaning and values of life. I am worried about the generation which has born in this gamification era. They need to be repeatedly taught about life meaning and values to differentiate between what's real and what's imaginary.