The Neuron: AI Explained
AI PC Buyer’s Guide: Specs That Actually Matter (ft. Dell’s Logan Lawler)
24 Oct 2025
AI is changing what we need from our computers—but does that mean you need an "AI PC"? Corey and Grant sit down with Logan Lawler from Dell Technologies who leads Dell Pro Max AI solutions to decode what matters (and what doesn't) when buying or upgrading your next computer. From CPUs and GPUs to memory, NPUs, and traps to avoid, this episode is your practical roadmap for staying future-ready through the next five years of AI-powered work.Dell Pro Max Workstations: https://www.dell.com/en-us/plcp/lp/dell-pro-max-pcs LM Studio LIVE tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai3sBeBdA1Y Kiwix Wikipedia Download: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwix One Trainer: https://github.com/Nerogar/OneTrainerJawset Postshot: https://www.jawset.com/Subscribe to The Neuron newsletter: https://theneuron.aiCheck out the Reshaping Workflows Podcast: https://reshaping-workflows.simplecast.com/
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Welcome, humans, to the Neuron AI Explained. Today, we're talking about the computers behind AI and how to make smart choices if you plan to buy one soon.
We're going to cover what specs actually matter, where marketing can mislead you, and how to future-proof your setup, whether you're editing video, prompting generative models, or trying to just keep up with AI and daily work.
Logan Lawler, host of the Reshaping Workflows podcast with Dell ProMax and NVIDIA RTX GPUs, is joining us today. Logan. Welcome to The Neuron. What's up, man? Corey Grant. I feel like it's been months since I've seen you. It's been forever. Just the other day, actually. But no, I appreciate you having me on. You know, really excited.
You know, as we were talking about for the episode, longtime fan of The Neuron and found them very early. And we can talk more about this. We found them very early and it's been great. You know, the level of quality and knowledge you all deliver is great. And, you know, excited to be on the podcast. And we're excited to have you, man. Definitely.
I think to start, I'm going to ask the obvious question here. So we see the phrase AI PC everywhere. What is it? Oh, God. Is this marketing jargon? Is this an actual change in how PCs operate? Oh, man. I mean, you have to ask the most convoluted question that we wrestle with at Dell internally all the time. And... I'm going to give you kind of a two-part answer. Okay.
Because I believe there is kind of what, I'm trying to think of a good example here, but it's kind of like there's what the market has defined as what an AI PC is. And then there's a functional difference between what I would say is an AI PC versus an AI workstation. So let me, we'll start there. So how do people in the industry typically define like an AI PC?
Like, if you're watching a Dell Technologies commercial, you're watching an HP commercial, you're watching a Lenovo commercial, An AI PC is any PC, whether that is, you know, a desktop or a mobile that has some sort of AI acceleration silicon in it somewhere.
Okay.
It doesn't necessarily really talk about how many tops, how good it is. Is that an NPU versus a GPU? Or is that something else? So broadly, when you're watching an ad or you see something, you know, you're out and about or watch something on TV. And you see AI PC, it just means a computer that has some sort of silicon that accelerates AI. Majority of the time, though, is about 95% means an NPU.
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