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Used Mac Studio M2 Max 96GB/2TB (~$3,100, no warranty) vs new M5 Max 128GB (~$6,200) for local LLMs, India

Hi, long-time lurker here. I'm in India and want a Mac Studio for local inference. What I'd use it for: taking work off cloud Claude wherever a local model is good enough, background evals, browser automation agents, a lead-qualification chat agent for my side business, and a private assistant. I a…

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  1. 2026-10-27 09:19 · r/LocalLLM
    Used Mac Studio M2 Max 96GB/2TB (~$3,100, no warranty) vs new M5 Max 128GB (~$6,200) for local LLMs, India

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