Minisforum's AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 workstation will cost more than $9,200, but you can get it for under $7,400 on preorder for a limited time
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A $7,400–$9,200 Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 box with 192 GB RAM is a reminder that serious local AI compute is now a workstation line item, not just a cloud contract. If you’re latency- or privacy-sensitive, it’s time to run the TCO on a few of these under desks versus another year of pure cloud inference.
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