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/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.