Hi HN,
After about 10 years, my old 2012 Mac Mini is slowing down. I’d like to invest into another small package like the Mac Mini to continue my daily work - usually programming 80%, Content creation (Affinity Photo, GarageBand, etc.) 10% and games (CS:GO, Hitman) 10%.<p>I feel the M1 Mac mini will get the job done, but it’s about 2 years old now. Whereas the Mac Studio just launched and has all the power I will need for the next 5 years at least, but then, it costs twice as much as the M1 Mac mini where I live.<p>Would love to hear your thoughts and advice. Thank you.
I have an m1 Mac Mini and I love it.<p>Gaming on a Mac is sort of a losing battle, but from a strict economic sense, say you buy a M1 Mini.<p>It's good for 2 years, then the M2 Mac Mini comes out, you can buy that one if you need more speed. More speed. You're still coming out ahead versus buying a Mac Studio.<p>In fact, Apple tends to be very good about trade-in values, so you might be able to trade in the Mac Mini. I use Logic and I love it. You can always buy the m1 Mini, stress test it and if it's not enough take it back<p>Also, this is a much different question depending on how much you make. If you make say $60,000 a year, $600 is plenty for computer. If you make 400K a year, go ahead and treat yourself