alt Hacker NewsI'm trying to work out if I should buy a 48GB M4 Pro Mac Mini now, or wait for M5 Pro ones later this year. For AI/ML purposes, mostly. As far as I can tell, the new M5 MacBooks didn't go up much or any for the same amount of RAM?
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The AMD Strix Halo pc's are another option. I was also debating between a mac mini but decided to go the AMD route.
At this point is the performance advantage of Apple CPUs even worth it if you can't upgrade the ram itself? I'm thinking you might be better off building a PC and putting the absolute bare minimum RAM in it, with plans to swap that out with good stuff in a year or two once the RAM market stops being insane.
I don't expect the ram situation to get any better soon if that's what you're asking.
Depends what kind of AI/ML purposes you are intending to work on
I wouldn't buy a local machine for AI/ML purposes unless you have an actual defined use case and programs to run (perhaps even being able to test them at an Apple Store).
Otherwise you may end up like others using a high-spec Mac mini to just access online models.