Im starting to use Claude Code to create some apps for myself. Im pretty new to vibe coding, so many breaking a lot of things. In particular, I want to separate it from my person system so in case it messes up, or crashes my OS, it doesn't impact my personal computer.
Right now, I have a MacBook Pro M2 Max with 96GB of RAM. What's the 2nd computer dedicated to vibe coding Mac apps I should buy? I'm considering between a M4 Pro Mac mini or even a Mac Studio (downside, it's going to be replaced soon). Or a 13 inch MacBook Air (very portable, but it's a notebook, not sure how I feel about running it 24/7 like a desktop, also limited to 32GB ram / M5 (no pro chip). Or an M5 MacBook Pro (14 inch). Upside: M5 chip like the air, even Pro variants. Downside: it's heavy and duplicative of my existing MacBook Pro
Any suggestions on what I should get? Im trying to write an app that uses the Gemma 4 LLM locally (using Claude Code to write it). Currently trying the E4B version, but may try others like Qwen too. So running the app does take a bit of memory. Curious which computer I should get for this?
Right now, I have a MacBook Pro M2 Max with 96GB of RAM. What's the 2nd computer dedicated to vibe coding Mac apps I should buy? I'm considering between a M4 Pro Mac mini or even a Mac Studio (downside, it's going to be replaced soon). Or a 13 inch MacBook Air (very portable, but it's a notebook, not sure how I feel about running it 24/7 like a desktop, also limited to 32GB ram / M5 (no pro chip). Or an M5 MacBook Pro (14 inch). Upside: M5 chip like the air, even Pro variants. Downside: it's heavy and duplicative of my existing MacBook Pro
Any suggestions on what I should get? Im trying to write an app that uses the Gemma 4 LLM locally (using Claude Code to write it). Currently trying the E4B version, but may try others like Qwen too. So running the app does take a bit of memory. Curious which computer I should get for this?