I want to buy a laptop for a few purposes, not my main laptop:

  • Use it to run [email protected] stuff and Stable Diffusion.

  • Use it for games downloaded from repack sites. So for these two, it would need a decent GPU.

  • I would like to pull out the WiFi card. I have offline computers and online computers. No need for this to use the internet.

  • I would probably dual-boot Windows and Linux, or else have it boot Windows and use a live USB when I want Linux

Thank you all.

Money is no object.

  • ghoti
    8•1 month ago

    Been loving my Framework laptop 16 - customizable with easy access to the WiFi card. Can upgrade it over time too as parts come out! Buy your own storage and RAM, cheaper than from their website.

    Been daily driving it for a few months with few issues on Arch, and officially supports Fedora and Ubuntu.

    • Arthur BesseEnglish
      5•1 month ago

      It looks like Framework only offers entry-level Radeon GPUs.

      If you want to do GPU compute in a laptop and money is no object, something from Lenovo’s Legion series of gaming laptops is probably a good choice. You can get one with an RTX 4090 in it, and the series (or many models of it, at least) appears to have reasonably good Linux support. (Disclaimer: I’ve never used one.)

      • wellDuuhEnglish
        1•1 month ago

        appears to have reasonably good Linux support.

        Linux user for over 7 years, NixOS user for 2 years. Currently using HP Zbook 15 G3.

        Can confirm, Nvidia experience in linux environment is S#!T in today’s standards.

        Random crashes everywhere! Everytime I do serious stuff (which is most of the time) I disable discrete graphics on BIOS Setup.

        Back to you Raedon and Iris XE Graphics