# Perplexity releases Portable Computer on Windows with NVIDIA RTX

The feature runs autonomous agents locally on-device without cloud credits, requiring an NVIDIA GeForce RTX or RTX PRO GPU with at least 24GB of VRAM.

- Uses post-trained local models such as Qwen 3.8 27B optimized for RTX hardware without manual stack configuration
- Integrates with Microsoft Outlook, OneDrive, Word, Google Drive, Gmail, Slack, and GitHub via local Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Allows users to schedule recurring tasks to execute autonomously on PC hardware inside the Perplexity Windows app
- Escalates to cloud models for advanced reasoning only after prompting the user for permission
- Expands to Windows following earlier releases on Linux RTX PCs and DGX Spark systems

## Why it matters

Windows users with compatible high-VRAM GPUs can run autonomous desktop workflows across their files without sending sensitive data to cloud servers.

## Sources

- [NVIDIA AI: Perplexity Portable Computer Is Now Available on Windows, Powered by NVIDIA RTX](https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/local-ai-perplexity-windows-pcs)
- [Perplexity: Perplexity releases Portable Computer on Windows with NVIDIA RTX GPUs](https://x.com/perplexity_ai/status/2099514386193027201)

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Summarized by dstilled on 2026-09-14. https://dstilled.ai/story/0d610d6c-969b-43e5-84a6-6b08e0a783af