alt Hacker NewsYeah, a better metric might be, the difference in cost between the laptop you need to run local models, and the laptop you would have bought anyway.
Yeah, a better metric might be, the difference in cost between the laptop you need to run local models, and the laptop you would have bought anyway.
The base 14" m5 MacBook pro is $1700 with 16gb/1tb. The author's spec is $4300 - $2600 more.
It depends on how often you use it (and your tolerance for slow inference) and whether you would have otherwise bought a higher spec. For my needs, this costs a LOT more.