Ask HN: Any point in buying a beefy MacBook Pro for local LLM use?

2 points by dom96 75 days ago | 1 comment

I have needed a new MacBook for a while now and decided that with the new M5 coming out today it's time to pull the trigger.

The thing I keep wondering is: does it make sense to invest in lots of RAM for local LLM use? Is anyone using their MBP for this? What's the experience like?

verdverm 75 days ago |

Doubt it, purposeful hardware will generally do better on a perf-per-dollar basis.