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Fair enough, but they start at 16GB nowadays.

The M4 starts with 16GB, though that can also be tight for local LLMs. You can get one with 24GB for $1149 right now though, which is good value.

899 at B&H started today 12/24

64gb is fine.

This subthread is about the Macbook Air, which tops out at 32 GB, and can't be upgraded further.

While browsing the Apple website, it looks like the cheapest Macbook with 64 GB of RAM is the Macbook Pro M4 Max with 40-core GPU, which starts at $3,899, a.k.a. more than five times more expensive than the price quoted above.

I have an M1 Max w/ 64gb that cost me much less than that -- you don't have to buy the latest model brand new.

if you are going for 64GB, you need at least a Max CPU or you will be bandwidth/GPU limited.