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

  • Use it to run !localllama@sh.itjust.works 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.

  • mephiska@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    3 months ago

    If you want something that lets you physically remove a WiFi card check out the frameworks laptop. Other than them there is no such thing as a “WiFi card” in laptops, it’s all fully integrated now and I’d be surprised to see a new laptop from factory without some version of WiFi built in.

    • Aniline@jlai.luEnglish
      8·
      3 months ago

      There are still some laptops with removable WiFi card. For example you can change it on this hp pavillion aero

    • JASN_DE@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      3 months ago

      Other than them there is no such thing as a “WiFi card” in laptops, it’s all fully integrated now

      Um, what? That’s simply not true, unless you look at a small subset of Laptops.

  • Toes♀@ani.socialEnglish
    3·
    3 months ago

    Whatever laptop you do choose, make sure it has a fully featured USBC port. So you have the option to use an eGPU.

      • Toes♀@ani.socialEnglish
        3·
        3 months 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.

        • pixely@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          3 months 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 I was definitely out of date, what I said was only true during the USB 3 era.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♀@ani.socialEnglish
            2·
            3 months 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.