For the Mac mini I was waiting for a replacement to the Intel Mac mini, possibly with the same number of ports +/- a form factor update. I may end up getting neither but oh well, c'est la vie. I was prepared to wait though since I had a functioning, albeit old Mac Pro, plus a bunch of other machines already.
Actually, after the M1 Mac mini was released, my Mac Pro failed (fall of 2021), but instead of just buying the M1 Mac mini then, I ended up getting an ultra cheap 8 GB 2014 Intel Mac mini with SSD upgrade to tide me over for my business applications until (my prediction of) fall 2022 when the M2 series Mac minis got released. It looks like fall 2022 is wrong and it will likely be spring 2023, but if it does get released in the spring, that means my Intel Mac mini purchase only cost me ~US$10 per month during that 18-month period.

Plus, I'll pass this down to my son next year anyway as he'll be needing one for school. He's using an old 2008 aluminum MacBook but that machine is very slow. My daughter was using that before and grew out of it very quickly, so I got her a 2015 MacBook Pro* last year.
Actually, I'm glad I waited though, since I'll probably end up getting a 24 GB model. 16 GB probably would have been fine, but I tend to keep my machines a very long time, and it will likely end up replacing my 24 GB 2017 27" iMac in a few years.
*P.S. I'm very pleased with that 2015 MacBook Pro. The screen is beautiful, it is reasonably sleek, it has real ports, and its performance is more than adequate for a young student, and yet it was inexpensive. It has capped out a Monterey, but I could see her using it for 5 more years.