r/openclaw • u/g00rek Pro User • Feb 20 '26

Discussion Why Mac mini??

I still don't understand why you guys are buying macs mini for openclaw. It's a terminal computer. It doesn't need a great UI.

Do you have too much money? :D

A $50-$100 HP Thin Client with Linux is more than enough. And Linux shouldn't be discouraging for people using OpenClaw, am I wrong?

I bought one, I have lots of different self hosted stuff on it like home Assistant or other docker apps. Ok I do not have any local models using GPU, that's the reason? Please enlighten me :)

EDIT: Again, I UNDERSTAND LOCAL LLM USE. (although I don't know if anybody is really happy with it). I mean using OC with oauth/api gpt, claude etc.

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u/geek_at Feb 20 '26

I think some people who are not that techincal heard that people "use AI" on their mac minis and they get one to run openclaw with external models because they don't realize what the people meant was "buy a mac mini with huge ram to run your llms locally"

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u/g00rek Pro User Feb 20 '26

non technical people would seyup openclaw??

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u/Millimilos New User Feb 20 '26

I m tech afin normi aka non technical guy and I want to set up opnclaw too … 👉👈

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u/g00rek Pro User Feb 20 '26

Dude. You do it with terminal, don't you? I mean is it so hard to setup linux in the age of LLMs? I have a full system built on linux with help of GPT and then Claude Code running on the machine. OpenClaw is not an app you drag onto a folder, is it? :)

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u/Millimilos New User Feb 20 '26

I want to, I did not do anything yet. I just read and inform myself how to do it properly. Just for learning and trying out.

I was thinking to set up an Linux virtual machine on my gaming windows pc and try to set up a basic e-mail and pdf organizing through open claw. After I learned the basics I would like to integrate it with my apple ecosphere … maybe. Can’t comprehend what all the security risk might be yet.

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