[madmads]

The 7b model loads on a lot less than 8GB RAM, so you should be good to use it on an 8GB M1 Mac Mini. It takes very little time to set up, so it's worth trying to find out.

[AndroidKitKat]

Yeah I'll get this set up when I'm home from work! Perhaps the trickiest part for me is going to be hooking it up to IRC, but that's the fun part!