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syntaxing on March 12, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Using LLaMA with M1 Mac and Python 3.11

Extremely tempted to replace my Mac Mini M1 (8GB RAM). If I do, what's my best bet to future proof for things like these? Would a Mac Mini M2 with 24GB RAM do or should I beef it up to a M1 Studio?

enduser on March 12, 2023 | [–]

RAM is king as far as future proofing Apple Silicon.

Even a 128GB RAM M1 Ultra can’t run 65B unquantized.

cjbprime on March 12, 2023 | | [–]

Best future proof might be to wait two months and get an M2 Mac Pro.

Tepix on March 13, 2023 | [–]

You could pay 300€ for 128GB on a PC. And add one or two GPUs later.

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