[nsonha]

I find it dubious that a technical person claims to "just bought a new Mac mini to properly tinker with claws over the weekend". Like can they not just play with it on an old laptop lying around? A virtual machine? Or why did they not buy a Pi instead? Openclaw works with linux so not sure how this whole Mac mini cliche even started, obviously an overkill for something that only relays api calls.

[zozbot234]

Using a Mac Mini allows for better integration with existing Apple services. For many users, that just makes sense.

[mkw5053]

Exactly, especially iMessage. It's fair to think that's not worth it, but for those who choose to use it, it is.

[13rac1]

Your suspicions are correct, any extra machine works: 4GB Pi, virtual machine, or old laptop.

[dw_arthur]

As a long time computer hobbyist who grew up in MSDOS and now resides in Linux I'm starting to wonder if I am not more connected to computing than a lot of people employed in the field.

[simonw]

Why would Andrej lie about this? Why would the other people who claim to do this lie?

[nsonha]

I don't know, just so it seems like they gave it a proper look when they did not? Btw a vps is another choice even more obvious.

[snigsnog]

>technical person

There's the issue.