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It can fit into 16GB macbook ?


It can but not well, you really want at least 24 GB and preferably 64 GB for the full model

https://ofox.ai/blog/qwen-3-8-27b-run-locally-vram-gguf-2026...


I ended up getting an M5 Max MBP with 48GB and it runs Qwen3.8 in Q4. I developed 3 apps so far, medium complexity, with no issue using OpenCode. This is probably the minimum setup for comfortable local agentic coding in my book.




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