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>Wait for a model that doesn't have an NPU How many years from now? There isn't any high end CPU in laptops without those useless things now. > buy an older m

by dmnmnm 2y ago

>Wait for a model that doesn't have an NPU How many years from now? There isn't any high end CPU in laptops without those useless things now. > buy an older model that doesn't I don't think you've ever shopped for laptops, or you're lucky and live in a country that is particularly plentiful for choices in PCs. Looking for the specific combination of having 32gb of ram, 1tb of SSD, an AMD CPU (with Intel's current manufacturing woes I was not willing to gamble), an NVIDIA GPU with a minimum of 8 gb of vram took far more efforts than I am normally to spend doing activities like shopping. And now you tell me "do all that while looking for a model that predates NPUs"? Of course I could order online from god knows where but I like buying from retailers that are known to honor their warranty well and good since there's always the possibility of buying lemons and I don't feel like wasting time shipping crap myself when I could just exchange it in place if it happened.

ruthmarx 2y ago
> How many years from now? Entirely up to you. Point is, vote with your money. > There isn't any high end CPU in laptops without those useless things now. Even not considering processors from Intel/AMD? > I don't think you've ever shopped for laptops, I've purchased 6 in my life. > Looking for the specific combination of having 32gb of ram, 1tb of SSD, an AMD CPU (with Intel's current manufacturing woes I was not willing to gamble), an NVIDIA GPU with a minimum of 8 gb of vram took far more efforts than I am normally to spend doing activities like shopping. So be less picky or find a laptop that lets up upgrade the parts. > I don't feel like wasting time shipping crap myself when I could just exchange it in place if it happened. Fine, but this is a compromise you are willing to make, just like paying for the NPU. That's my point. You don't need a super modern laptop.

by dmnmnm 2y ago

ruthmarx 2y ago

> How many years from now? Entirely up to you. Point is, vote with your money. > There isn't any high end CPU in laptops without those useless things now. Even not considering processors from Intel/AMD? > I don't think you've ever shopped for laptops, I've purchased 6 in my life. > Looking for the specific combination of having 32gb of ram, 1tb of SSD, an AMD CPU (with Intel's current manufacturing woes I was not willing to gamble), an NVIDIA GPU with a minimum of 8 gb of vram took far more efforts than I am normally to spend doing activities like shopping. So be less picky or find a laptop that lets up upgrade the parts. > I don't feel like wasting time shipping crap myself when I could just exchange it in place if it happened. Fine, but this is a compromise you are willing to make, just like paying for the NPU. That's my point. You don't need a super modern laptop.