So let’s say in 6-12 months from now local models get better and better considering that you are running them on a nice machine. Subscription subsidy end, user will be met with real costs of the model usage. API usage costs are already insane. In this case even if I send 40k into 2 Mac ultras I will probably make my money back in like 12-24 months maybe even faster who knows what type of optimization and models we get next quarter
Preparing for Mac Studio ultra 512gb drop. I’m ready. Hopefully it’s two per household. I need 2 so I can run most of the decent models and can move far up north to build a doomsday bunker
My spendings so far is about $6k for all tools, filaments, parts etc. still gotta put another $500 down and I’ll be done for a bit. Love my vibe coded slop, it works and does the job and costed me only $120 of api costs instead buying a $20/year subscription. In 6 years I’ll break even and yes I’m listening to Katy Perry right now