JetBrains local model won't cost any tokens, but needs a $2,700 Mac mini to run it

Apple just announced the Mac mini with M5 Pro and you'll need one with 64GB of RAM to run the Junie Local model, a free 27B parameter coding agent that compares to Sonnet 4.5 or GPT-5.Junie Local needs a powerful Mac to run, but doesn't cost any tokensJetBrains developed Junie as a coding agent that runs on your Mac and…

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