We know barely any decent size models can run on it. Most of the buyers are buying to run Openclaw in complete isolation from their regular desktops or laptops.
A VPS for few dollars/month will be sufficient to run tools like Openclaw.
What are your thoughts on why people buying mac minis?
this how i understand the hype for something like openclaw vs the capabilities provided by zapier or n8n for years now.
i would say a majority of users are tech and non tech roles, who (1) have an iPhone with all their contacts and data on iCloud (2) have a macbook at work and use macOS daily (3) use ChatGPT or Claude daily and trust it with their personal data (4) aren't familiar with Linux or a VPS and don't trust themselves with setting it up through the terminal (5) feel more at ease with a "a second macOS that i can debug visually on my monitor at home" rather than a remote linux VPS
you could still rent a mac mini but cloud providers will ask you $119 a month for a Mac mini M4 with 16GB of RAM. $599 is unbelievably cheap for a second computer with which you can do anything you can do on your usual Macbook
tfwnopmt•1h ago
necovek•1h ago
I understood it to be local-only (which is more likely to affect containers, bit I don't thinkmthat was demonstrated either).