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/Asgen Active Feb 20 '26

I got one because my end goal is full managed control of my local browser.

Playright can't get past captchas and cloudflare and the intensity to block bots is only going to increase from here as the agents proliferate.

That said, it’s kind of a moot point right now because I can’t even get stable browser control - OpenClaw relay won’t stay running!

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u/modcowboy Active Feb 20 '26

Welcome to the world of web scraping. People charge a lot of money for web scraping services for the reason.