Get one with thunderbolt so that you can attach external gpu ( or simply use a cloud platform). Laptops with good gpu and large amounts of VRAM are expensive and you’ll be stuck to training small networks on a tiny 6GB laptop card. I encountered this issue where training a Yolo network I needed 10GB or VRAM for a relatively small batch size. A cheap used 12GB Titan X connected via thunderbolt did the job.
16GB or RAM is ok.
Some sort of SSD for storage.
In terma of CPU, don’t bother that much. Thin and light machines are usually thermal and power limited. I guess today you can find an 4-6 core I5 or some amd part for good price.
2 Likes