Reading up on Mac Mini
7 deep · digging since feb 04
- Apple’s Mac Mini Went Viral. Why Can’t You Buy One Right Now? - WSJ
Apple's Mac Mini faces severe shortages and shipping delays of up to 12 weeks due to unexpected demand from AI power users running local large language models.
- Just a moment...
Perplexity announced a Personal Computer that runs its agentic AI locally on a Mac mini, combining cloud sub-agents with local file access.
- Mac mini will be made at a new facility in Houston
Apple announces Mac mini production at a new Houston facility, along with AI server manufacturing and a training center, creating thousands of jobs.
- OpenClaw is What Apple Intelligence Should Have Been - Jake Quist
OpenClaw, an open-source framework for AI agents that control computers, has become the unexpected killer app driving Mac Mini sales, exposing Apple's missed opportunity to own the agent layer.
Takes
Why are people totally missing out on Cursor Cloud agents. Why are they buying mac minis or using VPSs, why why why.
@andrestaltz
it's wild -- i spent the last 2 decades of my career putting everything in the cloud and now i'm figuring out how to give colleagues remote access to a mac mini sitting in my downstairs home office
@clairevo
Why would you get a Mac Mini for OpenClaw, and restrict yourself to a single agent? Get a @Beelinkofficial, setup Proxmox, and you'll be able to run a whole team of claws on a single cheap box! https://t.co/vPuuN6tQ1s
@dhh