James Layne ·
ChatGPT Dots Is Actually Worth Using Now
ChatGPT Dots is finally worth using. The latest update lets your dot connect to multiple computers instead of just 1, and message the Codex agents on each of them directly, so it can coordinate all of your local projects from a single chat, even from your phone.
I test it across 3 computers: a laptop, a Windows desktop with an RTX 5090, and a Mac Studio. Dots checks on a Ripple 65B vs Claude Opus 5 coding benchmark running at home, switches that Codex thread to GPT-6.1 Sol Extra High to re-grade the results, then tells an agent on the Mac Studio to play-test my game with computer use.
You need at least the $100/month ChatGPT Pro plan to get Dots.
Know a Dots feature I didn’t cover? Let me know in the comments.
Setup
- Local model: Ripple 65B (4-bit vs 3-bit quantization), benchmarked against Claude Opus 5
- Codex models: GPT-6.1 Sol Extra High, GPT-6 Astra, Terra
- Remote access: Jump Desktop
What Dots Costs
- ChatGPT Pro 5x plan: $100/month, the minimum plan that includes Dots
- The $200 and $500 Pro plans include it too
Tools In This Video
- ChatGPT Dots
- Codex
- ChatGPT computer use
- GPT-6.1 Sol
- GPT-6 Astra
- Terra
- Claude Opus 5
- Ripple 65B
- Jump Desktop
Links
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- X
- Website
- Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB, the computer Dots controls in the live test
- Mac Mini
- Nvidia RTX 5090 (32GB VRAM), runs the local model in my Windows desktop
- More cool tech on Amazon
Chapters
- ChatGPT Dots Update (0s)
- What is ChatGPT Dots? Pricing and Pro plan (20s)
- ChatGPT Dots update 1: connect multiple computers (69s)
- ChatGPT Dots update 2: Codex orchestrator for your agent threads (146s)
- Change the Codex model with Dots (GPT-6.1 Sol Extra High) (396s)
- Live test: Dots + Codex computer use on a Mac Studio (569s)
- Final thoughts (832s)