@noondlyt 8 GB. Which does give me pause—on a modern Mac, I'm not that worried about that now (I used an M1 Mac mini with 8 GB from 2020 through 2024 without issue. It's not like trying to use Windows 11 on 8 GB), but it isn't very heavily future-proofed.
@noondlyt I don’t think it would bog down much if you aren’t using local AI for anything (at least not from AI). The nice thing about Apple Intelligence (so far, anyhow) is how easy it is to ignore, and it doesn’t just run off and do things in the background. Yet.