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It’s necessary for serious video editing and/or gaming, but not music production. In the past, it was possible to purchase an external GPU enclosure like this one and to connect it via one of the Thunderbolt 3 ports for enhanced graphical performance. The real deal-breaker for me was the inability to use an external GPU. That’s because you could always purchase an additional Thunderbolt dock to daisy-chain your collection of Thunderbolt-compliant devices. It’s not that big of an issue though, even for someone who uses lots of Thunderbolt ports. However, the 2018-2020 Mac Mini was the first to feature FOUR of them. Most Apple computers feature a maximum of TWO Thunderbolt ports. One of my favourite features of the 2018-2020 Mac Mini was the additional Thunderbolt 3 ports. M1 Mac Mini vs Intel Mac Mini – Comparing FeaturesĪlthough it may seem like nothing has changed, you’ll just need to take a closer look. I’m also waiting to see if Apple offers any higher-end models in the future (I’m sure they will).
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Professional music producers CANNOT work without their tools, so I won’t be making the move until I’m certain that everything will be compatible/optimized. That’s because you most likely won’t have developed your “toolbelt” of software/plugins yet.
The ONLY reason I’d recommend purchasing the Mac Mini M1 right now is if you were simply looking for your first computer for music production. If you’re still using any 32-bit applications, you won’t be able to run them on Catalina/Big Sur. I still use MacOS Mojave since I’d rather play it safe in terms of compatibility. It’s the only OS that can run on these new Apple M1 chips. That’s especially true because of MacOS Big Sur which is basically the same situation as MacOS Catalina EXCEPT you’ll be required to have it.
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I’m simply saying that for the time being, the upgrade may do you more harm than good. However, it’s only a matter of time before manufacturers/developers begin working on that. In other words, you won’t gain anything and it’ll require more resources to run those 3rd party applications.
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That’s not necessarily the case since the un-optimized software will still work BUT, it’ll be emulated (which will slightly decrease performance).
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That’s why we ABSOLUTELY needed to use Logic Pro X to run the benchmark otherwise, the results would’ve been WAY different.ĭoes that mean that the Apple M1 isn’t suitable for music production? MRTR2LL/A Mac mini 'Core i3' 3.The biggest issue with the Apple M1 (at the time of writing) is its lack of support from 3rd party manufacturers/developers. MD389LL/A Mac mini 'Core i7' 2.6GHz Quad core (Late-2012)-Pre owned MGEN2LL/A Apple Mac mini 'Core i5' 2.6Ghz (Late 2014)- Pre Owned MGEM2LL/A Apple Mac mini 'Core i5' 1.4 (Late 2014)- Pre Owned MC816LL/A Apple Mac mini 'Core i5' 2.5GHz (Mid-2011)-Pre owned MC438LL/A Mac mini 'Core 2 Duo Server 10.11 El Capitan -Mid 2010 MD388LL/A Mac mini 'Core i7' 2.3GHz Quad core (Late-2012)-Pre ownedĪ1347 Apple Mac mini 'Core i7' 2.7GHz (Mid-2011)-Pre owned MC815LL/A Apple Mac mini 'Core i5' 2.3GHz (Mid-2011)-Pre owned MA206LL/A Apple Mac mini 1.66GHz intel Core Duo-Pre owned MC270LL/A Apple Mac mini 'Core 2 Duo' 2.4GHz (Mid-2010)-Pre owned MC239LL/A Apple Mac mini 'Core 2 Duo' 2.53GHz (Late 2009) -Pre owned MB463LL/A Mac mini 2GHz intel 'Core 2 Duo' (Early 2009)-pre owned MB139LL/A Apple Mac mini 2GHz intel 'Core 2 Duo'-pre owned
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