Comment by dexterlagan

Same as top comment, have spent a lot of time on local models. IMHO, qwen3.5 is the very first model that is actually usable for serious work, ever - and I've tried them all. The 35B 3B is very smart. It understands things no other local model I've ever used does, it's that good. The 9B runs on my slow Mac, and it's also very 'smart'. I can say with confidence that 2026 is the year of the local model, at last.