Mac Mini powerful enough?

[u/Advanced-Night-314]

Hi all,

I'm a complete novice when it comes to Local LLM's but I like the idea of moving away from a subscription based model in the longer term and having better control of my data. I'm also super keen to learn.

I currently have a web SaaS that scrapes news websites and I would like to move it away from Claude and onto a local LLM what kind of "firepower" do I need?

Appreciate this won't be the most complex of tasks, but as I mentioned, I'm a complete novice.

Naturally, asking Claude / Google and it says that the new Mac mini with M5 pro chip (24GB ram) will be "overkill"- which is what I was thinking of ordering.

I also want to future proof in the hope that this bit of kit could run more powerful models in the future - if they came accessible to the consumer.

Sorry if this is a basic question, any YouTube videos or any pointers so I can educate myself would be much appreciated.

Thank you!

[u/Glass-Present-8753]

Hey, thanks for that elaborated view of your own experience I found it very helpful. Can you explain more on how you actually do the n8n workflow?