Can a Broken MacBook Replace My Homelab? (Asahi Linux and MacOS)

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I turned a 14″ MacBook Pro into an ultra-efficient home server using MacOS and Asahi Linux. Was it worth doing?

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  1. I've been using an M1 macbook air for 6 years, and I always wished I can use linux, and your channel has been helping a lot!

  2. I have been using an M1 MacBook Air with a fully toast screen as a homelab (Because replacement screens were basically the same cost as the laptop and replacing the screen at a shop would cost more than what we paid for the laptop new) primarily as a Home Assistant hub and running small models (Like Gemma E2B and Qwen 3.5 4B, also currently trying Ling-3.0 mini) with LLama.cpp and LM Studio to make a smart local home control voice assistant and it works surprisingly well. (Side note if you haven't already I would try to use MLX models instead of GGUFS, I have that exact same MacBook Pro and Ii'm able to run Gemma 4 12B at 20tk/s on LM Studio and Osaurus). To control it I have been using my main MacBook Pro with the built in Screen Sharing app and it has worked pretty well even when logging back in right after macOS updates.

    Great video! it was also nice you showed the power draw and general performance on Asahi Linux it just makes it that little more complete