I've been experimenting with LM Studio and qwen3.5 9B on my 9070Xt and I am impressed how well and fast this runs. I'm far from being a power user, so the tasks I use it for are probably minor, but for my usage its just as good as using ChatGPT/copilot. I can even host a server and use it on my Macbook through my VPN. And its completely free.
"Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance. This nonage is self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and lack of courage to use one's own mind without another's guidance. Dare to know! (Sapere aude.) "Have the courage to use your own understanding," is therefore the motto of the enlightenment."
