I use a Macbook Pro with 128GB RAM "unified memory" that's available to both CPU and GPU.

It's slower than a rented Nvidia GPU, but usable for all the models I've tried (even gpt-oss-120b), and works well in a coffee shop on battery and with no internet connection.

I use Ollama to run the models, so can't run the latest until they are ported to the Ollama library. But I don't have much time for tinkering anyway, so I don't mind the publishing delay.

I’d strongly advise ditching Ollama for LM Studio, and using MLX versions of the models. They run quite a bit faster on Apple Silicon. Also, LM Studio is much more polished and feature rich than Ollama.

How's the battery holding up during vibe coding sessions or occasional LLM usage? I've been thinking about getting a MacBook or a laptop with a similar Ryzen chip specifically for that reason.