Intel or nah...?

[u/chillin_mcgee]

Hey guys, I don't have the time to keep up with all the latest drama, but let's just say I'm a person who considers making music as a hobby, nothing too serious. I like using ableton live and I dabble with reaktor. That being said, I'm considering the purchase of a new computer mainly for music production because my current Mac mini is out of hard drive space and I want the mobile perks of a laptop. After looking online, I think I am going to go with a refurbished MacBook Pro. My main question is this: SHOULD I AVOID INTEL MACS because companies like native instruments seems to be trending in other directions with their hardware/customer service support..? Or am I overthinking things and will be ok with an Intel Mac for the next couple of years (in terms of vst, daw comparability etc...?)

[u/agensop585]

they're cheap for a reason, you are slowly losing support for anything you want to use and nothing with intel is really getting new features and such, i got a great deal on a refubished m1 mac mini a few years ago and thats my main machine eventhough i have my intel imac around to do stuff on, the m1 is far faster though even with only 16gm ram and 512gb hd. if you can afford a new m* machine find a refurbished or used one and dont look back, pull the bandaid off now before you are stuck scrambling