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Current VersionApr 07, 2026 at 01:36

I got another ASUS ROG Flow Z13 laptop today. You get a complete AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 (Strix Halo) machine - not just a GPU - with 128GB LPDDR5X 8000MHz shareable RAM for $2,572.59 on Amazon (used like new, or $2707 new). For that price I'm willing to deal with the 1TB PCIe Gen 4 SSD. Out of the box, this thing runs some real capable models (70b dense and 120b MOE class) quickly enough to be very useful for real work. It's small and light enough to carry easily in a little backpack or briefcase, for totally offline inference tasks while traveling, or anywhere no Internet is available. Just download LM Studio, Jan, etc., plus some qwen3.5 and gemma4 models in 8k quant for coding and agentic tasks, and/or highly quantized nemotron super, minimax 2.5, etc. for knowledge work, and you're able to work completely offline. These things are legitimately useful, not just toys.

Version 2Apr 07, 2026 at 01:36

I got another ASUS ROG Flow Z13 laptop today. You get a complete AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 (Strix Halo) machine - not just a GPU - with 128GB LPDDR5X 8000MHz shareable RAM for $2,572.59 on Amazon (used like new, or $2707 new). For that price I'm willing to deal with the 1TB PCIe Gen 4 SSD. Out of the box, this thing runs some real capable models (70b dense and 120b MOE class) quickly enough to be very useful for real work. It's small and light enough to carry easily in a little backpack or briefcase, for totally offline inference tasks while traveling, or anywhere no Internet is available. Just download LM Studio, Jan, etc., plus some qwen3.5 and gemma4 models in 8k quant for coding and agentic tasks, and/or highly quantized nemotron super, minimax 2.5, etc. for knowledge work, and you're able to work completely offline. These things are legitimately useful, not just toys. ()

Version 1Apr 07, 2026 at 01:35

I got another ASUS ROG Flow Z13 laptop today. You get a complete AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 (Strix Halo) machine - not just a GPU - with 128GB LPDDR5X 8000MHz shareable RAM for $2,572.59 on Amazon (used like new, or $2707 new). For that price I'm willing to deal with the 1TB PCIe Gen 4 SSD. Out of the box, this thing runs some real capable models (70b dense and 120b MOE class) quickly enough to be very useful for real work. It's small and light enough to carry easily in a little backpack or briefcase, for totally offline inference tasks while traveling, or anywhere no Internet is available. Just download LM Studio, Jan, etc., plus some qwen3.5 and gemma4 models in 8k quant for coding and agentic tasks, and/or highly quantized nemotron super, minimax 2.5, etc. for knowledge work, and you're able to work completely offline. These things are legitimately useful, not just toys.

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