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Re:Apple Caught Off Guard by AI Demand for Mac Mini and Mac ... by Jeremy1026 on Monday August 31, 2026 @03:03PM (#49513596)
That doesn't help with the not wanting to send confidential information to a cloud though. No amount of cost savings can negate that.
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Re:Apple Caught Off Guard by AI Demand for Mac Mini and Mac ... by rootusrootus on Monday August 31, 2026 @04:05PM (#49514273)
One question I keep meaning to research is what the cloud options are for private-but-hosted on higher end hardware. Maybe rent an H100 (or whatever) and host something that's just too much to fit in 96GB on my M2 max. I wonder how the costs pencil out on that.
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Re:Apple Caught Off Guard by AI Demand for Mac Mini and Mac ... by wolvoleo on Monday August 31, 2026 @07:50PM (#49516236)
100% this. No way I'm giving Google my stuff.

Neither openai or xai. Anthropic maybe but not likely. Mistral is the most likely one because they're under the EU laws but I think they focus more on commercial these days.

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