Suggested hardware

[danny (Danny Dulai)]

Continuing the discussion from Existing licensees of your software:

@Dpstjp

Could you tell us the minimum spec of the hardware needed to run Roon? If I’m buying a Mac Mini that could be repurposed for a Roon server at a later date I’d hate to find out the spec is too low.

As of today, April 7 2015, Apple has 3 Mac Mini solutions (1.4ghz, 2.6ghz, or 2.8ghz). I personally would go with the highest tier, but the second tier seems fine too. The 8gb of ram they have is enough for a big collection.

The bottom tier will work, but I like my experience to be fast

If you don’t need a Mac, the Intel NUC would be a better and cheaper solution. The Windows version of Roon is a bit faster. I got an older version of this NUC earlier this year. It blows away my older Mac Minii.