Comment by ahartmetz
6 hours ago
Show me that quiet, 16 core, 5 GHz, 128 GB RAM laptop that's actually pretty cheap, too.
I do need the CPU performance, that computer is used to compile C++ code. The RAM is for local LLMs - not fast enough to be practical most of the time tbh, but I like to experiment anyway.
The MacBook Pro with M4 Max will give you 16 cores (12 of which run at 4.5Ghz) and 128GB of RAM, and will likely pretty closely match the speed of the desktop processor for compiling C++ (at least we've done benchmarking of rustc in /r/rust the top-spec Apple chips somehow match top-spec x86 chips).
It certainly won't be cheap though!
An AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 should do that.
Keep that beast humming at home and get a cheap MacBook Air to use ssh at the coffee shop.
Thinkpad with Linux and it's got 8 cores as well (thanks AMD!) because remote development isn't great for what I'm doing and how fast a connection I can rely on.