PleasantBase6967 OP t1_j67vufs wrote on January 28, 2023 at 10:20 AM

Reply to comment by marcingrzegzhik in [D] Laptop recommendations for ML by PleasantBase6967

Thanks

PleasantBase6967 OP t1_j67w2s0 wrote on January 28, 2023 at 10:23 AM

What is your opinion on macOS and the M1 chip using PyTorch

float16 t1_j67wop0 wrote on January 28, 2023 at 10:32 AM

It looks like you don't care about throughput so it doesn't matter.

PleasantBase6967 OP t1_j67wue5 wrote on January 28, 2023 at 10:34 AM

Throughput matters for me. How is it affected?

float16 t1_j681kmd wrote on January 28, 2023 at 11:40 AM

Then you shouldn't be training on a laptop, and should train on a remote server, in which case your laptop doesn't matter.

CKtalon t1_j682dxf wrote on January 28, 2023 at 11:50 AM

Don’t bother. mps support is terrible. Tensorflow GPU support is better in comparison.

However, the MBA is good for fast and efficient cpu prototyping which you should ship off to a Linux running workstation or cloud with discrete Nvidia GPUs.