I find it dubious that a technical person claims to "just bought a new Mac mini to properly tinker with claws over the weekend". Like can they not just play with it on an old laptop lying around? A virtual machine? Or why did they not buy a Pi instead? Openclaw works with linux so not sure how this whole Mac mini cliche even started, obviously an overkill for something that only relays api calls.

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snigsnog 11 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

>technical person

There's the issue.

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dw_arthur 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

As a long time computer hobbyist who grew up in MSDOS and now resides in Linux I'm starting to wonder if I am not more connected to computing than a lot of people employed in the field.

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zozbot234 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Using a Mac Mini allows for better integration with existing Apple services. For many users, that just makes sense.

	▲	mkw5053 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Exactly, especially iMessage. It's fair to think that's not worth it, but for those who choose to use it, it is.

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13rac1 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Your suspicions are correct, any extra machine works: 4GB Pi, virtual machine, or old laptop.