--- title: Imagine this world: Mac Mini on your desk. Runs a... description: A bold prediction claims that within 3 months, a Mac Mini will be capable of running a frontier AI model on par with Claude Opus locally, enabling fully... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/imagine-this-world-mac-mini-on-your-desk-runs-a-frontier-model-just-as-good-as-opus-locally-100--wdpyqfzod twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Imagine this world: Mac Mini on your desk. Runs a frontier model just as good as Opus locally 100% private. 0 cost. Unlimited superintelligence building you a business 24/7. Earning you $ We are literally 3 months away from this and basically nobody is talking about it. Why? https://t.co/U82IRrAP5S | daily.dev og:description: A bold prediction claims that within 3 months, a Mac Mini will be capable of running a frontier AI model on par with Claude Opus locally, enabling fully... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/imagine-this-world-mac-mini-on-your-desk-runs-a-frontier-model-just-as-good-as-opus-locally-100--wdpyqfzod og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/WdPyqfZOd.png og:image:alt: Imagine this world: Mac Mini on your desk. Runs a frontier model just as good as Opus locally 100% private. 0 cost. Unlimited superintelligence building you a business 24/7. Earning you $ We are literally 3 months away from this and basically nobody is talking about it. Why? https://t.co/U82IRrAP5S og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [Alex Finn](https://daily.dev/sources/alexfinn) [Read on](https://api.daily.dev/r/WdPyqfZOd) Feb 27 • From x.com  Alex Finn @alexfinn Imagine this world: Mac Mini on your desk. Runs a frontier model just as good as Opus locally 100% private. 0 cost. Unlimited superintelligence building you a business 24/7\. Earning you $ We are literally 3 months away from this and basically nobody is talking about it. Why? https://t.co/U82IRrAP5S Comment Bookmark Copy Share your thoughts Post Share this post [](https://daily.dev/sources/alexfinn) [Alex Finn](https://daily.dev/sources/alexfinn "https://daily.dev/sources/alexfinn") 9 Followers • 12 Upvotes #### Would you recommend this post? 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