maybe used Mac: Book or Mini, M1 or Intel

[mschnell]

We have two potential customers (seemingly using garage band up til now), who want us to show them what Reaper can do.
They both use Macs, but I never even touched such a thing.

But as even more such request might come up, we consider purchasing a maybe used Mac. We don't need performance, but of course would like a hassle free workflow.

Being a techie, with M1, I definitively would not want to run Reaper in emulation mode !
And for this purpose I would not like to spend too much of our budget. Of course we do have a monitor for the thingy.

We want to use a 7pre Reaper version, as the Media lane feature is an absolutely essential part of the "lesson".

What makes most sense ? A Book or a Mini, an M1 or an Intel ?

Thanks for any comments !
-Michael

[mlprod]

Which ever M mac will work great. Mini if you want desktop an Air if you want laptop.

[7enz]

m1 mac mini, 16gb ram is what i would recommend..
if you are only less serious about making big projects etc... then you can get away with the 8gb version
but ideally 16gb is the better choice

[mschnell]

This is exactly what I supposed.
Is there any chance to get a used one ?

[ronmac]

Originally Posted by mschnell

This is exactly what I supposed.
Is there any chance to get a used one ?

Apple sell refurbished machines at a discount, with full warranty. You can find them listed on the Apple web page for your location (usually a menu item at the bottom of the main page).

[mschnell]

refurbished @ Apple: 739 €
new or whatever @ZOXS: 609 €
weird new world ....