Would a MacBook M5 16/24/32GB be an upgrade, complement, or waste next to my RTX 4060 laptop?
A user is seeking advice on whether a future MacBook M5 with 16GB, 24GB, or 32GB of unified memory would be a worthwhile addition to their existing setup. Their current machine features an RTX 4060 laptop GPU with 8GB of VRAM, an Intel i7 CPU, and 32GB of RAM, primarily used for local LLM inference, RAG, transcription, and general AI experimentation. The user is weighing the benefits of Apple Silicon's unified memory against their GPU's VRAM limitations and considering if a MacBook would be a meaningful upgrade, a useful complement, or redundant. AI
IMPACT Users are evaluating hardware trade-offs for local AI model inference and experimentation.