@Michaelzsguo: Two days ago, I asked whether I should buy a Mac Studio for local LLMs. I was genuinely humbled by how much great feedb…
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The author shares a synthesized buying guide for hardware suitable for running local LLMs, comparing Mac Studio, NVIDIA, and AMD options based on community feedback.
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