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Re:Building a Linux GPU Driver for the M4 Mac Mini in One Month on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @09:57PM (#49721266)
Ah, don't worry about those guys. This is very cool! I love the technical write up -- so interesting: )
As I mentioned above you can't take the data center into the cafe somewhere. We're talking about running local models here.
And yet it's also a laptop you can basically take anywhere unlike a giant video card with 1000 watt power supply requirements.
Why is anyone even using video cards these days? You may as well be burning cash.

This is the perfect candidate for just splattering it on your nvme and then reading it off there and into memory. All of these run perfectly fine on simple m4 silicone:

https://github.com/drumih/turbo-fieldfare

https://github.com/leonickson1/Swiftlet

https://github.com/sqliteai/warp

Re:Ask HN: Anyone still do work on Intel Macs? on Sunday August 02, 2026 @02:13PM (#49146892)
OCLP.
Re:Unraveling the mysteries of habit formation on Sunday August 02, 2026 @01:59PM (#49146740)
Don't date I think is the lesson here.
Re:Apple Introduces MacBook Neo on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @09:30AM (#47247870)
Wait did I read that correctly? There's no backlit keyboard? I don't recall any Mac laptop not having a backlight keyboard since the 2011. And they're marketing it to students -- they are always going to be working in the dark on their beds during the exams...

Forget memory - this is like the more major loss in terms feature set.