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I owned a Polar TI1 and sold it a few years ago when I found a great deal on a 61-key TI2. Personally, I think that the TI1 is a better bang for your buck, especially if you can find one in good condition at an excellent price. All TI1/TI2/Snow versions sound the same, and the improvements and increase in cpu don't really do a whole lot to improve performance IME. But, that also probably depends on how you use it. You'll find that you'll run out of either polyphony or processing power if you try to complete an entire track using more than 4 or 5 patches simultaneously, maybe a little more with the TI2, but that depends on patch complexity, how many effects you have running, how many notes you're playing, etc. I rarely/never use more than one patch at a time, unless I bounce one to audio first, so it really wouldn't matter to me if I had a TI1 or a TI2.
I haven't really followed prices on Viruses much lately, so not sure what they're going for now, but I know that I've seen TI1 desktops sell for around $1K, TI1 Polars/keyboards sell for around $1400.
If you don't need a keyboard version, are OK using the software editor much of the time, and you only want to use a few sounds at a time, a second-hand Snow may well be the best way to go.
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