Not everyone grew up in a situation where home was a stable dependable place. Not everyone has a home to go to. If you have it with you, they can't mess with it or take it away from you when you're not there. If you grew up in a broken home, you would understand.
replyAnd those people are buying $10k laptops to run local AI?
replyThose people won't be buying the Spark laptop, but asking "why anyone would want to do inference on a laptop" is broader than what the article covers.
replyThe spark laptop in its present form is not very good, in fact, it’s disappointing.
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replyBecause maybe you don't want to send your private data to a company that could use it for whatever it wants?
replyThe RTX Spark is also sold in a mac mini form factor. That's pretty well suited for home inference.
replyprivate memory.
replyunique local data and know how not shared with cloud.
I have been saying this for years, and the answer hits a nerve that gets you downvoted into oblivion: people prefer the aesthetics of laptops, simple as that. They will absolutely go to the grave arguing that they need the mobility etc, then just leave it plugged in. They simply prefer how laptops look, and they absolutely hate it when someone dares say it.
replyI have a laptop for work. 95% of the time i'd prefer a tower or at least a mini PC with proper cooling, but that remaining 5% i have to be around with the laptop is enough. I don't like the idea of having to remember to sync the projects every time (especially while i'm in the middle of testing something new so it's not like i can just pull the latest commit or sync the latest good version of something)
replyIf you do any travel whatsoever a laptop is usually not optional.
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