[Ben Jenssen]

That sounds smashing.
About sounding, with no info, I assume you're happy with how you are listening now, I mean speakers/headphones.
And microphones, you're all set?

And mac minis still don't come with mouse/keyboard, do they? But I guess you're covered with some old wired devices? (I don't know about the M1 mini's, but there's a well known issue with bluetooth not working good on the latest mini's, so wired is sometimes the solution.)

And of course you're aware that most apps and plugins are still not M1 native, so there might be bumps in the road. But all reports are that most stuff is working well with the Rosetta translation.