Re:Qwen 3.6 27B is the sweet spot for local development
by asimovDev on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @07:12AM
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>Windows PC/laptop though.
needs to be noted that it's increasingly uncommon to be able to do so. for desktops you have to build everything yourself - prebuilds (either gaming or workstations) have proprietary PSU and motherboards (in case of workstations, sometimes CPU is bound to the motherboard / manufacturer, for example Threadrippers). Windows laptops now often come with soldered RAM and soon will probably be without M.2 slots like Macs.
There is Framework though I guess
Re:Qwen 3.6 27B is the sweet spot for local development
by Tenoke on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @09:05AM
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Well my PC is built on my own and I change parts every year or two. My laptop is a Thinkpad from last year and Im pretty sure I can easily open it to replace something just like my last one.
Re:Qwen 3.6 27B is the sweet spot for local development
by amatecha on Thursday July 02, 2026 @07:32PM
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Right, that was a rhetorical question, highlighting the fact that such an occurrence is even possible, to such a degree of incidence that I know multiple people who have experienced it. Meanwhile, never once heard an anecdote about a MacOS update (though I can imagine it has happened to someone out there, just never heard about it-- in contrast to numerous news articles about Windows' frequently-destructive updates)
I use Windows and this has never happened to me. I have had Macbooks I cant open to fix/replace something trivial while I can replace any part easily on a Windows PC/laptop though.