oldmuso,
I was long a hardware geek with PC's
I swapped out cpu's, changed ram & HD's, video cards, overclocked, even watercooled.
I don't do any of that anymore.

my take on mac hardware is much simpler:
I buy a current model new with near maximum hardware configuration and it lasts me a decade without modifications.

My current macbook pro is almost 10 years old and works fine for biab and Logic Pro. Both of those apps are reasonably resource intensive.
I have not thought about upgrades or tweaking during the period.
It just chugs along.
No drama

The new Mac Mini with the M1x chip interest me. Hopefully we'll see those by years end. I expect a maxed out config to come in around $2k.
About half what I paid for my Mac 10 years ago.
Good value to me.

My MacBook pro may still be worth $500 or so on the used market also.
Bonus.


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