never send a poorly phrased email ever again!

Zero sympathy here - my server is no better, takes up more space, and draws more power :p

No you can run newer models

Try https://prismml.com/news/bonsai-2-27b

"How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time" - my guiding principle in managing agents. Mediocre models with small context windows mean we have to manage and architect in a more hands-on way - but you and I already have those skills, so its okay.

Your list understates the hardware. With 6 to 8GB of VRAM you can run Qwen3 8B or Llama 3.1 8B at Q4_K_M, reportedly at 40+ tokens per second, so smart quantization gets you well past those older names.

What can i do on my integrated graphics card 🫠

You might still be able to benefit from AirLLM, but this will be slow.

Those are... Yeah... 🫂