Which Mac Studio Should You Buy for Running LLMs Locally?
You want to run large language models locally on a Mac Studio. Good idea - unified memory is genuinely useful for LLMs. But the specs matter, and there are some hard truths about what “works” versus what feels responsive. More importantly: the right Mac depends entirely on which model you want to run. Memory requirements: which model fits your Mac? Different models have wildly different memory demands. Here’s what you actually need for the top free models: ...