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So what do people here use to learn/fool around with GPU-dependent ML stuff (non production use cases)? A non Mac laptop? Or do you do it all in the cloud? Using the cloud presumably gets expensive over time and I also would think that the overhead of dealing with a cloud setup and all the associated legwork to get started can be frustrating compared to working locally.

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If you're learning the basics, a laptop is great, because you're not number crunching for days at a time.

If you're doing anything process intensive, gpu or cpu, you'll want a desktop or cloud. Sure, some laptops are fast, but they head up, so there isn't much of a way around it.

A mac to ssh into my linux desktop. It’s cheaper to buy your own gpu.

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