Leasing an M5 Ultra Mac Studio costs slightly more than a Claude Max sub
Hesamation · x · 2026-08-26
A user noted that leasing an M5 Ultra Mac Studio with 256GB of RAM costs only slightly more than a subscription to Claude Max. This observation sparked a discussion on the cost-benefit analysis between local computing power and cloud AI services.
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