One friend passed on a 7.1 for about 1000€ because “intel is dead for apple”.
Oh really? Why given that 7,1s, even base models are going for much more - one in my country went for more than three times that price with a bidding war at the end.
This friend of yours missed out on plenty of money. But if they want to throw away money just to push a point then so be it.
Possibly only me holding an opposite view. It doesn't make any sense buying cMP or Trashcan in 2022. Particularly for running virtual machines (including MacOS), non sensical at all.
Better options available: 1) build a PC with used/new parts (Ryzen processors, cheap but adequate consumer motherboard /w ECC DIMMs support) or 2) buy a second hand but relatively new OEM PCs. Both options available in compact form factors if that's what draw you to Trashcan.
You also get silent operation and flexibility of user replaceable parts. Best of all AVX2 support.
The 5,1 and it's generation are just getting too old now. 6,1 is beautiful to look at but it's a nightmare to work on with lots of bespoke parts.
The 7,1 is what we all liked about the 5,1, just better thought out, more PCI slots, more room inside it, more ram.
I'll stay with 7,1 for as long as I can then move over to PC again most likely. Windows 11 Pro runs beautifully on the 7,1, it's really fast.