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GM / 51FIELD NOTE // 2026Don’t Buy a MacBook Just to Run LLMs: Why a $7,000 Laptop Won’t Replace Your $200 Claude or ChatGPT Plan (2026)
The pitch goes like this. A top-tier AI subscription costs $200 a month, which is $2,400 a year. A MacBook Pro with 128 GB of unified…