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I know they are a phone company, but I think they should focus on local models software, not only hardware.

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They aren't a phone company, and haven't been ever. They're a hardware company first

More like an "ecosystem company".

It's the Hardware, Software and Services in combination. None would work without the other (to reach the scale apple is)

Probably too young if it was easy these companies would still be around I miss them SGI, Sun, Digital, Acorn, particularly SGI and Acorn. All were roadkill of Wintel.

> They're a hardware company first

More specifically, they're a hardware dongle company first

Apple has the mlx framework. Most/all major software for running models locally support it. Apple also has RDMA for interconnecting multiple machines across Thunderbolt connections.

Software wise there's plenty to choose from already. Ollama/llama.cpp, LM Studio, Lemonade, vllm etc. Anything Apple would bring to the table?

Maybe https://mlx-framework.org

FWIW, Ollama, LM Studio and Lemonade (and oMLX) also wrap Apple's MLX framework.

Uhhh, they are? They’re a hardware co for sure, but to say they aren’t focusing on on-device models is absurd on its face. They’ve spent over 2 years on Siri AI which is (mostly) local.

False, they are a Marketing Company.

their strength has been hardware for over 30 years now

The last mainstream vertical computer company left from the 1980's, imagine if SGI, Sun, Digital, or Acorn were still around.

My 100k company only buys Mac laptops and you're calling them a phone company. Such an odd comment.

Its called cope...

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