M5 Ultra Mac Studio Review: The Dream Mac for Local AI Agents

For the past few days, I’ve been testing the ( currently ) top-of-the-line M5 Ultra Mac Studio with 256 GB of RAM .

I’ll cut to the chase: the M5 Ultra Mac Studio is a dream machine for local AI agents. This computer makes it possible to run personal assistants powered by local models with great performance and no additional cloud costs. If you’ve been skeptical of testing OpenClaw or Hermes Agent with local models because they’d never be even remotely near the intelligence and speed of cloud ones, this Mac will change your mind about that.