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> I'd skip M5 and M6 chips for LLM work and wait for a year for M7. Or you could lease an M5 max/ultra until the M7 equivalent comes out. At least in the US a
by kristianp 22d ago
> I'd skip M5 and M6 chips for LLM work and wait for a year for M7.
Or you could lease an M5 max/ultra until the M7 equivalent comes out. At least in the US a leasing option is available.
- fartfeatures 22d agoI'd be worried about securely erasing my data when returning a leased model.
- paulryanrogers 21d agoWhat do you do with older hardware that you've bought? Do you not wipe it and resell / donate? If you encrypt from day one then a lease isn't much different.
- Foivos 21d agoJust delete the encryption key.
- kristianp 20d ago> I'd skip M5 and M6 chips for LLM work and wait for a year for M7. Another note on this, it's likely the M7 ultra will be released around 6 months after the M7 Max, if the M1 and M5 are taken as reference. So the M7 ultra may be delayed until early 2028.