alt Hacker NewsWell if you're spending thousands on API tokens already, you could just drop the same amount on a 128GB MacBook Pro and that's a one time cost.
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Gigachad • today at 1:14 PM
The models people are spending thousands on require more on the range of 600-800gb memory.
128gb hardly runs deepseek v4 flash which is almost free via api pricing.
neuroticnews25 • today at 11:59 AM
Don't forget about energy usage, you'll probably never break even vs same model on openrouter.
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If you're dropping thousands on API tokens, you're going to be slowed down at least 10x trying to do everything on a single MBP.