Bea Sato

oh ive been there lol in Preferences Memory and GPU , make suree only your dedicated GPU is selected for processing and teh GPU processing mode matches your card (CUDA for NVIDIA, OpenCL for AMD). good luck man!

big if true

buy the laptop, then spend a bit on a sleeve, a warranty that covers accidents if you are clumsy, and a backup drive or cloud storage... losing a thesis is worse than a slow CPU.

Is microphone access allowed for desktop apps in Windows privacy settings? ??

oof windows Update is fine for most devices. if it keeps replacing a driver you need, u can block that driver via Group Policy (Pro editions) or teh Show or hide updates troubleshooter.