CJ Zafir (@cjzafir) teased Mac 1, a 6.6B parameter model that he says runs locally on Macs and is built to operate native macOS tools, in a seven post thread on X on Saturday. https://x.com/cjzafir/status/2063305526285578573 Zafir claims Mac 1 requires 7GB of RAM, runs best with 12GB, and produces roughly 65 tokens per second with reasoning turned on. In a reply, he clarified that the target is Macs with 8GB or more of RAM, narrowing the "any Mac" claim in the original post. The important par...
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