I've looked into a 32GB/1TB Macbook Pro and the same in the Mac Studio. I noticed that the memory pressure in this video rarely tops 50%, and I’m told that this is a key indicator of if the machine will work for your use case. When I saw this video, it looked like the Mini can handle the kind of music I’m familiar with. I’ve seen that others have spoken very highly of the Mac mini (apart from the Bluetooth problems) specifically for home level music producers. I don’t need unbelievable processing power for editing and rendering 4k video or anything like that, but I do look for a machine that has reasonable specs for mid-long term use. And so I'm wondering if that 16GB of RAM in 2022 is actually an upgrade (in the Mac Mini) or is it a sideways step that will become redundant relatively soon as M1 becomes M2/M3 etc. That's thrown my sense of the right level of investment off a bit (especially with all these M1/2 chips coming out.) I chose 16GB of RAM 10 years ago. I’ve been looking at the models listed above, and the Mac ecosystem seems to have changed a fair bit since I last bought. Even though it's just for fun, my main concern is that the machine can can handle EDM style music production, which can be RAM intensive to load all the libraries, plugins and virtual instruments (mostly running all this via Rosetta 2 for now.) With that in mind, I’ve narrowed the search down to the Mac mini, Mac Studio and the MacBook Pro. I should say that my personal primary use for the machine (aside from the usual TV watching, web browsing etc) will be hobby level music production. As a result, I'm looking for something flexible for my next machine, either a laptop or a small desktop. With all the changes since 2020, we now work at home more so I'd like to have others in the family be able to swap their machines in/out of our desk. I’m a longtime iMac user and I’ve had around 8-10 years of use from a mid-level machine each time. A buying question that I hope might be useful for others. TLDR - with all the new M1/2 chips - what is the best machine/RAM etc for hobby music production?
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