You can set it up on any machine you got, just don’t make it your primary machine. People are even setting it up on old smartphones. You definitely dont need a Mac mini for this.
Don’t try to do too much at once. Define a problem and see how you can automate a workflow using clawdbot for it. Lot of people right now are trying to do too much and doing nothing with it at the same time.
Be extremely careful when setting this up on a VPS. It’s best to set it up on any old hardware you got rather than on a cloud server.
I’ve been using it with Gemini 3 Flash and it’s pretty good so far. Gemini 3 Flash has a large context window which is useful for this.
Another thing, it doesn’t actually remember everything. It stores a summary of the chat everyday to its memory but I found it best to create .md files for specific workflows to help it with context. Don’t rely on a large chat, create instruction files for workflows once you clearly defined it and you are getting the output you want.