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Is 48GB enough for summarising medical PDFs locally, or should I get a Mac Studio with 64/128GB?

Is 48GB enough for summarising medical PDFs locally, or should I get a Mac Studio with 64/128GB? I’m a doctor looking to buy a Mac for running local LLMs, mainly through LM Studio. My work is primarily in Danish. I’m considering a 16-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Max, 48GB unified memory and a 2TB SSD .…

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  1. 2026-10-21 11:11 · r/LocalLLM
    Is 48GB enough for summarising medical PDFs locally, or should I get a Mac Studio with 64/128GB?

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