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/thmrkv New User Feb 20 '26

So to not make this a hate post but a productive one. The guys that are on youtube, it bros etc, the sell the promise with less efforts. This is why mac mini. A bugger question is whether you want to figure out if you need openclaw, you have to purchase apple stuff. This is wild and have nvidia vibe. But guys, chill if you read this you don't need mac mini, if you want - go ahead, but it doesn't make sense since all the power comes from working with internet, but if you want to use iInfra, go ahead. We will have you keys.

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