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Question from a hobbyist about the right purchase for local AI hosting

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Hi All I wanted to pose a question that i haven't really been able to find a good answer to from people with real experience. I'm looking at upgrading my laptop to a mac mini (either an old M4 if i can find one for sale at a non-ridiculous price) or an m6. My question is: should i buy the base 16gb…

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  1. 2026-09-16 02:38 · r/LocalLLM
    Question from a hobbyist about the right purchase for local AI hosting

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