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New to this but trying to explore. MacBook pro m5 64gb

So, I want to ask the community, as I'm very new to this. I try to do my own research and understand as much as I can on local models on my MacBook. Currently I am running qwen 3.8 splash but I'm feeling the quality it is not that great. Is there any tips and trips to how I can get more out of it?…

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  1. 2026-10-20 14:42 · r/LocalLLM
    New to this but trying to explore. MacBook pro m5 64gb

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