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# [I Run a 40GB AI Model on a MacBook. Three Months of MLX on M1 Max Has Changed How I Think About Apple Silicon.](https://sleepyquant.hashnode.dev/i-run-a-40gb-ai-model-on-a-macbook-three-months-of-mlx-on-m1-max-has-changed-how-i-think-about-apple-silicon?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

I Run a 40GB AI Model on a MacBook. Three Months of MLX on M1 Max Has Changed How I Think About Apple Silicon. It's Just a Laptop. But It's Running a 40GB Model Right Now. I'm drafting this on a MacBook Pro. Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B MoE Q8 — about 40GB of we...

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