A few caveats: 1) While plenty are still in the wild, Intel Macs have been discontinued. OP already has an x86 build, and ARM64 is a unified future for all App

A few caveats: 1) While plenty are still in the wild, Intel Macs have been discontinued. OP already has an x86 build, and ARM64 is a unified future for all Apple devices. At least also get a $569 M1 Mac Mini from Costco or something. M1 Airs can be had new for around $800 at Microcenter. 2) That particular Mac Mini suffers from several design issues. Due to chipset placement, running certain USB devices from the rear ports will prevent Bluetooth from working and cause frustration with wireless peripherals and audio. It's a T2 Intel Mac, which was designed adversarially against security flaws, so it's got some quirks and performance issues to contend with that Apple has ended support for. The official guidance, for instance, for both displays not being detected on that model is "power cycle until they both appear". They also run unusually loud and hot, which means they can't be pushed as hard before they throttle. The good is that an Intel Mac will inform better design by showing you the greatest % lows your app will ever experience. Because hardware mitigations weren't added by Intel until the 10th gen, they suffer from the poorest syscall and apfs performance.