Need advice - replacing M1 Mac mini 8GB with the 16GB model

[jerryk]

I'm glad I went with the 16GB Mac Mini. Here's a fairly typical memory usage:

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Mostly web-browser tabs....1.43GB for Macrumors.com!

I do notice a bit of a slowdown when opening new apps when I am using significant swap space. e.g. I just opened Final Cut Pro and it took about 6 seconds to display the splash-screen and 8-9s to get to the edit screen. This is to be expected if some data has to be pushed to swap.

I would struggle with 8GB for my usage pattern....

That is a lot of memory for browsing. I wonder how much of that is from ads. Since installing a Pi-Hole and using its DNS address I see few ads, pages use less memory, and my systems are much more responsive.

 

[VitoBotta]

The EU has great return policies protected by law but...... only when you buy online. If not content you can jut return it within two weeks. If defect within half a year you are entitled to a brand new product and you don't need to accept repairs. Guarantee must be given in balance with the price and to what 'may be expected of such a product'. So no strict term of so and so many days. Not all retailers know these terms by the way......
And you don't need to accept a repair in the guarantee period with used parts.

But to @VitoBotta I would say: If it is really important buy the one that you like and is most useful. Accept the extra costs and if you make money with your work, put it on the balance of your company / work. It will be deductible and will lower your income. This means less tax. And with about 40 percent tax it might cost you in the end €150

But before all of this look also at mresell.com and see what they are willing to pay.

If I had some income from my app already that would make things easier

I have checked mresell.com in the past and they usually offer rubbish money. I checked now and they don't list the new Mac Mini for a quote, so I will contact them via email and ask. Thanks for reminding me about them