Perplexity says Portable Computer is now available on Windows PCs with NVIDIA RTX GPUs: run the harness, agents, and models locally, work with local files and apps, and fall back to frontier cloud models when needed. On-device work does not consume Computer credits; follow-ups add local MCP and scheduled tasks, and NVIDIA confirms 24GB+ VRAM.

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  • ✓Portable Computer now runs on Windows with NVIDIA RTX for local harness/agents/models.
  • ✓On-device work skips Computer credits; cloud frontier models remain optional.
  • ✓Adds local MCP and scheduled tasks; NVIDIA lists GeForce/RTX PRO 24GB+ VRAM.
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