Mac Option B: 16GB MacBook Air can't run the full stack

[joelteply]

Product scope decision needed

Mac Option B (native continuum-core + Docker Desktop VM) has three concurrent memory tenants:

• Native continuum-core: ~12GB (Qwen 4B + embeddings + Bevy + vision + audio)
• Docker Desktop VM: 10GB minimum for containers
• macOS: ~6GB

Total: 28GB minimum. 16GB MacBook Air physically can't fit all three.

Current behavior

install.sh refuses install below 28GB physical with a clear message (commit 31be866).

Question for Joel

• Is 16GB Air out of scope for Option B? (Current answer: yes, install refuses)
• Should there be a "lite mode" (fewer personas, smaller model, reduced Docker VM)?
• Or is 24GB+ the honest minimum for the primary audience?

Joel said M5-class (32GB+) is the primary target; 16GB Air was aspirational. This formalizes the constraint.