Two years ago I bought a laptop with an NPU thinking it’d handle ML work. It didn’t. That “AI PC” sticker meant nothing for PyTorch. Here’s what actually matters in 2026: Ignore NPU marketing — your GPU (NVIDIA CUDA or Apple Metal) does all the real work 32GB RAM minimum if you’re running Cursor/Claude Code alongside training RTX 4060 is the floor. M4 with 24GB is solid. M5 Max with 64GB is endgame Thin laptops throttle under sustained loads — get something with proper cooling The Honest Guide to Picking a Laptop for AI and ML Development (Most Lists Get This Wrong) | by Himansh | Mar, 2026 | Medium submitted by /u/Remarkable-Dark2840
Originally posted by u/Remarkable-Dark2840 on r/ArtificialInteligence
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