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		kelsolaar on July 8, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I stopped buying new laptops (2020) > This is facilitated by the fact that laptops are now a mature technology and have more than sufficient computational power. Depends what you do with them, if you program, edit movies, do 3D rendering or play games, there will never be enough power.

lost_tourist on July 8, 2023 [–]

depends on what you're programming tho. For web work just about any old laptop will work. AI, number crunching, 3d? yeah you need the best you can afford.

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