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Mac Mini M2 8GB

macOS $499

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Chip

Apple M2

RAM

8GB unified memory

GPU

10-core GPU

AI accelerator

16-core Neural Engine

The M2 Pro Mac Mini with 16GB opens up reasoning models and doubles the memory bandwidth.

Mac Mini M2 Pro · $1,299

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LM Studio

BeginnerFree

Beautiful desktop app for running local AI models

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Lightweight CLI tool for running models in the background

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Open-source ChatGPT-like desktop app

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