so that new Mac Studio and M5 Ultra have me thinking about 2030 now the wildcard on the $1200ish 2030 Mac Mini is RAM. who knows what the future holds for RAM but the trajectory is clear: a reasonably priced home computer is going to have absolutely sicko inference power within a few years now…
Aug 26, 2026 at 1:06 AM
The Potential of M6 and M5 Ultra for Local AI on macOS
Earlier today, Apple unveiled the new generation of Mac mini and Mac Studio, featuring the latest entries in the Apple silicon family of chips: the M6, available in the Mac mini, and the M5 Ultra, exclusive to the Mac Studio. You can read more details about the announcement and related specs in John’s overview. As
0xSero on Twitter / X
I told y’all this is the move. Heterogenous hardware is the way forward. Large cheap pools of mixed memory + specialized accelerators (Nvidia GPUs, DGX Spark, Cerebras wafers) The next year will be dominated by solutions that split the stack. - 3000$ for a used Mac Studio… https://t.co/zMlScSnJ0X— 0xSero (@0xSero) April 1, 2026
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Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra for a big leap in performance and AI compute
Apple debuted M6 in the new Mac mini and M5 Ultra in the new Mac Studio, providing an extraordinary leap in performance and AI capabilities.
DHH on Twitter / X
Going to double down on the MacBook mission with Omarchy. We almost have perfect coverage for the vintage Intel era going from 2009-2020. There's a straight shot to get the M1 and M2 machines going too, even if it's a lot more work. But we'll do the work. We'll fix everything.— DHH (@dhh) August 22, 2026
Alex Cheema on Twitter / X
It’s kind of crazy but the shitstorm of supply chain issues has created a new best-in-class local AI deployment: M5 Max MacBook clusters.- The memory unit economics are great - each MacBook has 128GB @ 614GB/s for $5k- M5 Max added tensor cores (Apple Neural Accelerators) with… https://t.co/f8STQ0tLZs pic.twitter.com/FLm3oOnyEl— Alex Cheema (@alexocheema) May 14, 2026
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Pirat_Nation 🔴 on Twitter / X
One of the big three RAM manufacturers, Micron, has announced they are exiting the consumer market completely. pic.twitter.com/hgZcNIm9Nk— Pirat_Nation 🔴 (@Pirat_Nation) December 3, 2025
Alex Cheema on Twitter / X
4 x M5 Max MacBooks clustered with RDMA:512GB @ 2456GB/s, $20k, 560W, quiet.Find me a better deal, that I can buy today. https://t.co/pWZsHnv0Kl— Alex Cheema (@alexocheema) May 13, 2026
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Mac Studio
The ultimate pro desktop. Powered by M4 Max and M3 Ultra for all-out performance and extensive connectivity. Built for Apple Intelligence.
Running local models on an M4 with 24GB memory | jola.dev
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