180GB of combined system RAM and VRAM recommended :(
Although it looks like the minimum of 60GB ram might be achievable for some
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M3 Max and M4 Max go up to 128GB combined memory. Only Macs that go higher are the Ultras that go to 192GB.
That limits how many users can run a local server on Apple Silicon. Even if they max out an Ultra, that would be 2 tokens/second. Wonder how much electricity that would burn?