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Is a 96GB/128GB Mac Studio local LLM worth it to replace a $200/mo ChatGPT Pro subscription?

I am a university student researcher and currently have a $200 ChatGPT Pro subscription, which I feel is really too expensive as a fixed monthly expense. I am now thinking about whether I could purchase a Mac mini or Mac Studio with 96GB or 128GB for local deployment or to use as a server. My curre…

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  1. 2026-09-29 07:33 · r/LocalLLM
    Is a 96GB/128GB Mac Studio local LLM worth it to replace a $200/mo ChatGPT Pro subscription?

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