In an era when renting intelligence by the token has become the default posture of enterprise computing, Apple is quietly proposing something older and more sovereign: owning the mind on your desk. This week's release of AI-optimized Mac Minis and Mac Studios — some priced near $20,000 — is less a product launch than a philosophical challenge to the cloud model that has defined corporate AI for two years. The irony is rich: a company that holds barely 5% of the enterprise desktop market, founded by a man who doubted corporations would ever trust their employees with good tools, may have accide