Most people want something affordable and adequate.
> Academics care about speed, RAM, battery life, the ability to run the latest AI models at a decent speed (M4 is still relatively slow).
Most academics do not give a flying fuck about running local LLMs. Academia is more than LLM researchers.
Most academics probably care most about battery life and portability and whether it runs Teams, like every other person.
Most people want something affordable and adequate.
> Academics care about speed, RAM, battery life, the ability to run the latest AI models at a decent speed (M4 is still relatively slow).
Most academics do not give a flying fuck about running local LLMs. Academia is more than LLM researchers.
Most academics probably care most about battery life and portability and whether it runs Teams, like every other person.