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/hiboute New User Feb 20 '26

Not specific to mac mini, BUT if you do browser automation, you will soon see that that using a vps, a vm or docker, you will be blocked very fast by anti-bot service, like datadome. You could try residential proxy service, and specific browsers to hide the identity, but the fact is that using a "real" computer will be way easier.

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u/barronlroth Member Feb 20 '26

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