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

  • I would like to pull out the WiFi card. I have offline computers and online computers

  • 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.

  • @pixelyEnglish
    2•1 month ago

    That’s a ThunderBolt port :)

    • Toes♀English
      3•1 month ago

      Thanks to the people responsible for the USB standards, this is a popular misconception.

      For example there can be PCIe Tunneling support in USB.

      • @pixelyEnglish
        2•1 month ago

        Thanks for the correction. I was definitely out of date, what I said was only true during the USB 3 era.

        So this is an optional part of the USB 4 spec, but from what I can tell this is required for PCs shipping with Windows 11 and USB 4 ports. Yes, this seems like more manufactured confusion courtesy of USB IF.

        • Toes♀English
          2•1 month ago

          Yeah the standards are a real mess. Even the cables can’t be trusted.

          I hope when they do USB 5 all features are mandatory and all the cables are forced to qualify.