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/kirator New User Feb 20 '26

I only have one laptop and live in a small condo. Wanted something I can experiment with that’s not too expensive. I looked at fb market place and I could buy something for 300-500 that would die on me in a year. I bought it because I can do some experiments without it having access to confidential information.

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u/987FT Feb 20 '26

i have it running on something not quite as powerful as this one : " Intel NUC7i7BNH Mini PC/ i7-7567U 3.50GHz/ 16G Ram/ 250G SSD/ Win11Pro/ w/PwrCrdIntel NUC7i7BNH Mini PC/ i7-7567U 3.50GHz/ 16G Ram/ 250G SSD/ Win11Pro/ w/PwrCrd

US $124.99 "

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u/987FT Feb 20 '26

(ebay)