Skip the $3,000 Mac mini: a $1,000 renewed Dell micro PC works fine for agents
PawelHuryn · x · 2026-11-15
Pawel Huryn suggests a budget alternative for running agents: instead of the popular 64GB M5 Mac mini ($3,000), grab a renewed Dell 7010 Micro (i5 13400T, 64GB RAM, 960GB SSD) for around $1,000. Slightly bigger but very quiet, and you can buy three for the price of one Mac mini — noting most people buying Macs for agents aren't running local models anyway.
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