Skip the 512GB Mac Studio: two 256GB units cost $2,000 less with 2x the flops
QuixiAI · x · 2026-10-29
QuixiAI argues the 512GB Mac Studio makes no economic sense for local LLM work: return it and buy two 256GB Mac Studios instead — $2,000 cheaper with twice the flops. An alternative worth serious consideration: one 256GB Studio paired with a 2-node DGX Spark mini cluster.
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