Is getting something like M3 Ultra with 512GB ram and doing oss models going to be cheaper for the next year or two compared to paying for claude / codex?
Did anyone do this kind of math?
Did anyone do this kind of math?
However, if you check the prices on Chinese models (which are the only ones you would be able to run on a Mac), they are much cheaper than the US plans. It would take you forever to get to the $10k
And of course this is not even considering energy costs or running inference on your own hardware (though Macs should be quite efficient there).
Claude Pro costs $200/year, so you'd get 50 years of subscription not 50 months