Posted by piotrgrabowski 1 day ago
I ordered the same one for work so I could run more local agents at once (many iOS simulators and Xcode build processes).
If I switch to Mac OS, I have to sort out a package manager and install all the stuff that's missing, and when it comes to containers... they're just linux VMs. I'd happily cut out the weird proprietary middleman if I could.
I'd be quite surprised if Mac OS alone needs more than 8GB, given that they sell the Neo with 8GB of RAM today.
You run uncensored local models where you can ask questions that would get denied by public providers, or questions that you prefer them not to know the intricate details (like your financial planning)
There's value in knowing what capabilities local models will have on regular hardware in the near future.
but i wonder how much these token costs are sustainable or not, it may be in the long term cheaper to have your own hardware if token costs go up (and hopefully hardware gets cheaper again)
A $10/mo subscription to OpenCode Go would have done the job for you.
They have models like Kimi K3, Grok 4.6 , GLM-5.3, Mimo 2.6 Pro (launched today, already available) which are happy to follow your orders without accusing you of being a terrorist.
I thought this only applies to LLM inference providers, but not raw GPU rentals.