Will my new Mac run Scrivener?

Absolutely everybody is telling us that Scrivener must be integrated with AI or I’ll fall behind and be pointed at by real writers in the street who know where the future is and are fully onboard the AI Express, and frankly I’m worried to death that my devices just aren’t up to the challenge.

So I’ve pre-ordered this:


Has it got enough RAM for ScAIrivener 4, or should I have waited until October when 512TB will be available?

Hmmm. I’d probably order five to ten of them and build a cluster. Gives you some wiggle room that should even be able to run Scrivener 5 with maybe two or three open browser tabs in the background. Better shaved than furry!

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Might want to look into getting one of the re-furb’ed Cray machines … run Scrivener in Windows in a virtual box.

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That 80-core GPU should just be sufficient for Scrivener. Personally, I’d wait for the Q-Series chip.

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Looks good! Just a friendly reminder that Scrivener is available on both Mac and Windows. If I were in your shoes, I’d also consider setting up a Windows workstation with similar capabilities to ensure you’re not solely relying on macOS.

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You should be okay for 6-12 months with that. I’m worried that your peripherals might not be up to it, though.

I suspect one of these monitors is likely to be the absolute min spec if you plan to write anything more than a 200 word blog post: Sony BVM-X300/2 30" 4K Trimaster EL OLED Monitor | Top-Teks

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Here’s what “A.I.” has to say (shortened at the ends and highlighted by me):

It already reached the same accuracy level as newspaper horoscopes, some trillion dollars later may make it outperform county fair fortunetellers. Let’s just let it run the world and watch what happens.

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Yes, but I’d still have to close everything before I opened any tabs in Firefox, I believe?

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Already got one for my Raspberry Pi 5 picture frame and calendar app.

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TBF, it’s right about Scrivener 5.

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Maybe “A.I.” should use “A.I.” to fact-check its own answers.

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Well quite…

Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em,
And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum. (Augustus De Morgan)

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While you’re at it, maybe add a container full of

Go figure the thing without RAM drops in price

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I have always used a micro-fiber cloth.

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Are you sure?

I think I broke it. :joy:

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