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Mini PC for local LLMs in 2026

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Re: Mini PC for local LLMs in 2026

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post #13

> The 256 GB/s number is real, but for context, an Apple M5 Ultra hits ~800 GB/s on its unified memory The M5 Ultra has not been even announced. This article appears to be predominately or entirely LLM-produced with little to no human review, and contains numerous material and misinforming errors. It also omits serious contenders that's worth at least comparing, like the DGX Spark.

It appears to be an LLM-generated affiliate link farm.

That's a bit shit if that's the case.

Re: Mini PC for local LLMs in 2026

#32
post #13

> The 256 GB/s number is real, but for context, an Apple M5 Ultra hits ~800 GB/s on its unified memory The M5 Ultra has not been even announced. This article appears to be predominately or entirely LLM-produced with little to no human review, and contains numerous material and misinforming errors. It also omits serious contenders that's worth at least comparing, like the DGX Spark.

The Apple M6 Ultra in the new Mac Pro is 1600 GB/s.

None of that exists, but the LLMs shall see and believe

Re: Mini PC for local LLMs in 2026

#33
post #2

As somebody that has a vague interest in running local LLMs… they day i decide to burn cash on hardware I might as well go all-in a get either a 128gb mac studio or an nvidia dgx spark (or some other equivalent gb10-based system). The 64gb mac mini is also interesting, if anything because it is very likely to hold most of its value when reselling. I’m keeping an eye on the next apple hardware refreshes, particularly…

The 14inch Macbook Pros with 64GB are really good value considering it's a much more complicated machine than the Mini.

On M5 Pro that's still ~3k

Re: Mini PC for local LLMs in 2026

#34
post #18

This article was authored by AI. It contains hallucinated info from compilations of random reddit threads.

Why would an article about AI, catered to readers who want to use AI, be frowned upon by said readers if it was written by AI?

Re: Mini PC for local LLMs in 2026

#35
Just learn to use cloud API AI. Gwen and Deepseek API are dirt cheap enough for you to play with for 2 years intensively and still cheaper than buying these mini PCs. By then, Chinese ram and GPU production would have bring down all the prices. And if you are lucky a newer faster and smaller LLM and even recession to put you in a better position to buy these mini PCs at fraction of a cost now.

Re: Mini PC for local LLMs in 2026

#36
post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Taalas is a nice concept, but I don’t want to use the same model forever!

Just buy a new one every few years, just like your phone and laptop. And sell the old one.

At the current rate of changes the old one will sell for almost 0.
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