Alongside a company automation rig, this person also runs an RTX 6000 Pro (96GB) and an M4 Max MacBook Pro (128GB) for coding, while keeping an active Claude Max subscription so they have a genuine basis for comparison rather than guessing. Their honest conclusion is that even this much hardware still isn't cheaper than cloud once you account for the investment — they keep it mainly to learn and experiment with local AI, and haven't yet found the point where it makes sense to drop Claude entirely.
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