Qwen 3.8 Flash Next: Best bet for 64GB Mac local inference via SSD offload
kirahsapong · x · 2026-08-31
Discussion suggests that with 2-bit quantization and keeping 51B n-grams on SSD, Qwen 3.8 Flash Next could be the optimal choice for DwarfStar local inference on 64GB MacBooks.
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