Is a Mac mini enough for running local LLMs?

Rohan Mehta · 12 likes

my take on running local LLMs on a Mac mini: cost matters more than people say and nobody talks about the downsides

Pixel Marauder · 4 likes

could you share more details? genuinely curious

Silver Mango · 0 likes

disagree a bit, but I see where you're coming from

Zofia Kowalska · 10 likes

I think running local LLMs on a Mac mini gets overhyped but there's something real in it - the details matter here

Rizky Pratama · 0 likes

this is the comment I was looking for

Pieter Botha · 7 likes

honestly running local LLMs on a Mac mini is more interesting than I expected, but I could be wrong

Amina Okafor · 8 likes

disagree a bit, but I see where you're coming from

Noah Miller · 5 likes

been following running local LLMs on a Mac mini for a while now and it keeps surprising me honestly

Noah Miller · 3 likes

my wallet just cried reading that

Ethan Brooks · 5 likes

I tried to explain running local LLMs on a Mac mini to my dad and failed miserably - the details matter here

Noor Janssens · 0 likes

lol my cat would have done a better job

Ananya Rao · 0 likes

me reading this at 2am instead of sleeping

Noor Janssens · 2 likes

running local LLMs on a Mac mini is the kind of thing I'd have loved to read about years ago, but I could be wrong

Mara Fischer · 13 likes

good point. though the cost side is still unclear

Iryna Melnyk · 0 likes

ok but that's a fair point, upvoted

Ethan Brooks · 1 likes

as someone who works with this stuff, running local LLMs on a Mac mini is not as simple as the headline says - the details matter here

Ayesha Khan · 4 likes

ok but that's a fair point, upvoted

Hana Choi · 0 likes

tbh running local LLMs on a Mac mini matters more for regular people than experts admit, but I could be wrong

Alma Nilsson · 2 likes

same experience for me, took ages to figure out

Yui Tanaka · 2 likes

my wallet just cried reading that