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M4 Mac mini as a personal AI server — is 16GB enough?

I’m thinking about getting a Mac mini M4 with 16GB RAM for personal coding, learning more about local LLMs, and maybe turning it into a small personal AI server later on. At work I use an M3 Pro MacBook with 32GB RAM, and after 3 years at the company I’ll get to keep it. I’ve just completed 2 years…

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  1. 2026-10-07 21:07 · r/LocalLLM
    M4 Mac mini as a personal AI server — is 16GB enough?

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