Perplexity’s Portable Computer Runs AI Tasks Fully On-Device on HP PCs
Key Info
Perplexity is bringing Portable Computer, the local-first version of its Computer AI agent, to supported HP PCs, letting users run tasks entirely on-device with a local model while keeping data private and avoiding cloud credits.
Highlights
- Portable Computer runs tasks locally and keeps private data on your machine, with no cloud credits consumed.
- Perplexity Computer is pre-installed on HP ZBook Ultra G3a, and Portable Computer is available in the Perplexity Windows app.
- On-device inference requires an NVIDIA RTX GPU with at least 24GB of VRAM.
- Local MCP support and scheduled tasks let you connect your own tools and run recurring work.