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Re:Anthropic's best AI model struggles to attract users as c... by bostik on Monday August 24, 2026 @02:34AM (#49415917)
> concerns around data residency

Funny you should say that. I read somewhere (not on HN, but I think it was a post linked from here) that a number of law firms who deal with extremely sensitive documents have started buying amped-up Macbooks with 512GB of memory to be able to run local models.

These are businesses who literally - and for once this word fits - cannot afford to let some of those documents get anywhere outside their corporate walls.

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Re:Anthropic's best AI model struggles to attract users as c... by senordevnyc on Monday August 24, 2026 @06:41AM (#49417848)
Macbook Pros max out at 128GB
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Re:Anthropic's best AI model struggles to attract users as c... by bostik on Monday August 24, 2026 @12:38PM (#49422345)
Turns out the books do, studio setups can go up to 512GB.

There was a thread earlier this year about the option getting pulled from selection (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47296302) but I'd guess you can still top the thing up yourself.

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