An M4 mini is overkill just to run OpenClaw. I'm running it on a Pentium J5005 and it's running 20 other services in Docker. I think the main thing was many wanted it to be able to access iMessage. I think people dream of also using the mac to run the LLM but the 16gb ones don't have enough ram.

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apexalpha an hour ago | parent | next [-]

When they say 'due to openclaw' they refer to running AI models that openclaw uses, not to openclaw itself.

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

The shortage is for the 512, 256, and 128 models.

	▲	ashdksnndck 39 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The basic 16GB Mac mini is also hard to buy. I bought one used not to save money but because I couldn’t find any store online with it in stock.
	▲	reverius42 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Those are the ones that can run the LLMs. Not a coincidence.

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amelius 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

People are running openclown on microcontrollers.