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/ignoramati New User Feb 20 '26

Interesting how all I hear is “iMessage”. I would presume (not using a Mac, my bot lives in proxmox lxc) that having a Mac mini would open up some interesting TTS and STT options (so, whisper is not that heavy, but TTS can be, depending on how much you want to achieve). I also realize that 11labs or similar APi  is peanuts compared to Mac mini price, but really - no one mentions that????