Looking to buy a ThinkPad within a ₹1,20,000 (~$1.4k) budget for deep cybersecurity work — including malware analysis, reverse engineering, kernel-level experiments, and Kali Linux (pentesting + OPSEC tools).
I prefer dual-booting Linux instead of using VMs for better hardware access and performance.
Current confusion:
Should I prioritize CPU/RAM/SSD (e.g., i7/Ryzen 7, 32GB RAM, 512GB–1TB SSD)?
Or go for a model with a dedicated GPU like RTX 500 Ada?