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qwen2.5:14b is a valid answer! I wonder one thing tho: why Qwen 2.5? It's from September 2024.
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Wanted something really lightweight to play around with for a 16gb machine.
Anything heavier you recommend?
Turns out it was much easier to set up than I had anticipated, so eager to try a few other ones.
And yes, I can feel a world of difference using such an old model as I got used to the proprietary flagship models. Feels almost retro, even though it's only been 2 years.
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Ollama has these in their library:
gemma4:e4b(gemma4:12bcould work but e4b works better on my 16GB macbook than any 12b ones)qwen3.5:9b
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Neat. Will report back after trying.
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If you had asked me last week, I'd have said only proprietary models...
But this weekend, ended up running Ollama with qwen2.5:14b on my entry level Macbook Pro, just to get familiar with what it is to run things locally and privately. Budget for new hardware will free up in coming months, so I hope to choose the right specs based on this early experience, so that I can run something more powerful.
So probably can't give you very useful feedback or input for now.