Agree 100%.
If it is an A1 mini with AMS lite (which I own) versus a P1P without based on budget, A1 mini all the way.
With the A1 mini you can also purchase a SwapMod to automate big or repetitive print jobs.
I own an A1 mini with an AMS lite and 4 P1S printers each with two AMS units.
This is a great hobby.
When I got my first Bambu Lab printer, it was the A1 mini, I had owned a 3D printer before but, illness made it hard to use. The A1 mini was cheap enough to try that if I couldn’t use it, I could give it away.
I had immediate buyers remorse when I opened it as the build blade was so much smaller than I was used to. I plugged t in and printed the sample Benchy.
It printed so fast I thought the printer was pretending to be a child on sugar. It printed in less than 20 minutes, my previous printer took an hour and a half.
I was in love!
11 months later and looking at all the models in MakerWorld, easily 80% can be printed without issue in the A1 mini.
I never regretted its purchase and whilst I have 4 P1S printers, I still use the A1 mini all the time.
Personally the P1P isn’t a good choice for me, whilst you get the Core XY motion, the A1 mini is almost the same speed. The benefits of the enclosure in the P1S gives you additional materials you can print with that the lack of an enclosure means you can’t.
You only require a hardened steel nozzle if you are going to use materials with additives that require it, each filament tells you if you require a special nozzle.
You should grab the new smooth SuperTack build plate as it is meant to grip everything. You get a textured build plate, so a smooth one is a good alternative.
I mention the A1 mini above, mostly because I misread it.
Everything about the printer I mentioned for the A1 mini works for the A1 (full size), the size comments should be ignored for reference, the beautiful tear-jerking story I shared should be read with a tissue for the crying which will occur.