same idea but a bit more work: I got a tesla M40 (24gb vram) for $175 on ebay and it runs all the models no problem

😄😄 deep learning on a Mac good one what are you training linear regression?

Like the person above already said anything bigger is always train on a VM somewhere aws ,azure or so on.

For doing minimal small experiments in notebooks with dataset excerpts you could consider running them locally but then again I would rather go with a Dell XPS in comparison to the Mac.

Neither. Just plan to ssh into an aws instance if you're going to have a laptop. I bought a used gaming desktop with a 3060 (12GB vram) and otherwise great specs for like 900 bucks and I ssh into it from my 6 year old laptop.

That being said. I would really recommend using unix/Linux over windows

You don't want an M1 yet. I have one and it has been a pain. Not everything is supported on that architecture yet.

If you are doing anything large, you will be running on the cloud anyways.

Also, make sure you get an Nvidia GPU over AMD, since Cuda doesn't run on AMD.