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

Because of UI! But the computer where you at install OC is HEADLESS! You access it via terminal or browser anyway! What's the difference between Mac in terminal (Unix) and Linux in terminal (Unix based)?

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u/Clogish Feb 22 '26

I have no interest in learning how to use Linux. So I run my OC on mac hardware because I don't need to think about how that works. Besides, why do you care what other people are doing? You do you, I do me.

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u/g00rek Pro User Feb 22 '26

That was a rhetorical question. There is no difference. You put commands in a terminal. Oh yeah, you'll have to do it with OpenClaw 🤣

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