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gigatexalyesterday at 4:48 PM2 repliesview on HN

I’ve a 128GB m3 max MacBook Pro. Running the gpt oss model on it via lmstudio once the context gets large enough the fans spin to 100 and it’s unbearable.


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pixelpoetyesterday at 5:41 PM

Laptops are fundamentally a poor form factor for high performance computing.

embedding-shapeyesterday at 6:01 PM

Yeah, Apple hardware don't seem ideal for LLMs that are large, give it a go with a dedicated GPU if you're inclined and you'll see a big difference :)

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