Carbon - Intel Mac mini vs M1/M1x Mac mini

[makeller]

Just picked up a Carbon from Sweetwater today! I do not own a Mac but I am 95% sure I am going to get a Mac Mini. My dilemma is whether to get a 2018 tried and true (and hot) Intel Mac Mini (i7, 16gb ram, 1 TB HD for $1700), buy a discounted M1 (16 MB ram, 1 TB HD for $1300), or wait (till Oct?, Nov?, Dec?) and get an M1x Mac Mini ($1800-$2000?). I do not do large projects with tons of tracks and plugins. I am a Windows guy but the Mac Silicon tech is amazing. However I have real concerns about whether Carbon will play nice with M1/M1x in the short and intermediate term. And it seems it may be quite some time before Avid invests the resources to code a true native Silicon Pro Tools. Also Carbon for Windows seems like a stretch because of AVB.

I am not sure at all which way to go! What considerations would you have? Mainly though, would you all buy? I would greatly appreciate hearing your thoughts and opinions.