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Apple did not properly test or warn new buyers of severe M1 Issues
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If you've got money for an Xbox that you can obviously do without while in service and an iPad then that money could've been better spent on a secondhand MacBook for backups since you can't do without that machine.
Did Apple actually make any comment on booting the machine from an external disk?
Do you have any references? If not, then it wouldn't be "false" information, merely "missing information".
Same thing happened when I call netgear for a router. No help so I returned it. The guy said I am not trained for this situation so he transfered me. The next person said the same thing. So did the next 5 people. Called back few times nobody had any clue what was happening.
I wouldn't in any way shape or form compare Netgear's horrible customer service to Apple. Besides the OP has lost a ton of credibility so I would take anything this person says with a grain of salt.
I have never had a computer "just work" like my Mac mini did and it's my first time using a Mac. To be frank, issues should be expected. New OS, new infrastructure. New processor. If you're not expecting compatibility issues, bugs, or other issues on a first generation newly launched device, I genuinely don't know what to tell you. The kind of people interested in these machines should know that. Never be a first adopter unless you want to make that conscious decision. There always has to be a first launch. There has to be early adopters. Sorry if you're one of them and it didn't work out. It isn't Apples fault, it's the way tech works.
You're trying to equate an installation disc to a fully installed and operational OS - that's not going to work. Like Leopard back in the day, the Big Sur installer is universal. However, in your OP you wanted to make a backup of your iMac and have it available to install on the M1 Mac (or vice versa). That simply can not be done, as the universal installer only installs the appropriate version of the OS for that particular machine's processor. This means it would install the Intel version on the iMac, and the Apple Silicon version on the M1 Mac. As far as making everything "universal" is concerned, that would make the size of the OS once installed anywhere between 30-70% larger, depending on which components are architecture-independent (and therefore wouldn't require two versions on the machine).
Incredibly useless reply. Let's not derail the thread by guessing what I can do with or without, or what I should be spending on. What I can do without for sure - is useless notifications.
Well the fact is I wouldn't trust any system - even any of the Windows based PC manufacturers - heck even myself for building something. You should always have a spare around if you make your business on this stuff. Companies have stock of spare computers for just this reason. If my life/paycheck depends on my computer work, I can never really trust a single computer. Whether its 5 days old or 5 years old. Tomorrow could be it won't start.
Fair enough. Might get a M1 mini unless they release something special in few months. But regardless, I hope the hub issue was only with the first batch
I'm not talking about the installation disc but the installed OS. I was able to use a G5 Mac to boot an intel Mac, and vice-versa, using target disk mode.
Why would you give a backup machine to a literal 13 year old? This is a recipe for disaster. Also, there are better systems for backup, and this isn't one of them. Multiple external SSD's or Hard Drive that are compatible across all systems would be preferable. Follow the rule of 3-2-1. You'd simply need to put the files on there plus the cloud and then carry them over to the M1 Mac painlessly.
One of the key parts of running a business, no matter how small, is disaster recovery. Sometimes that involves complicated backups and processes to restore an entire multi million operation to run from a different data centre within hours and sometimes it involves something as basic as having a spare computer and offsite / cloud backups. Relying on one computer for your livelihood and living in fear of it failing is a recipe for disaster. Computers can fail, no matter how much they cost, or who made them.
I'll go a step further -- @Mistborn15 needs to also think about & plan for business continuity -- i.e. how to continue to carry on business during a disaster and the ensuing recovery.
What the BC plan looks like would depend on the $$$ impact per day of downtime as well as the expected timeframe of the underlying DR plan. It may well be worth buying a used macbook to keep as a cold or warm spare.
Would a desktop be preferable as a backup? For example, you get the spare for just in case, but nothing might happen until 3 years from now. Will the battery in a backup laptop be toast by then with no activity?
Perhaps, depending on the specific needs of the person's business. A mobile professional, for example, might need a laptop and a desktop might not suffice.
... and in my experience, laptop batteries don't generally seem to die quite as quickly as a lot of people here seem to fear. Sure, capacity drops but the systems still work for a while on battery and continue to work fine when on a power supply. (Household currently has a 2013 MBA13, a 2015 rMB12, a 2016 Lenovo T460s, and my M1 MBP)
The 8gig Mini imo makes for a good backup machine. Cheap (relatively) but also portable to an extent. I considered using my brother's old Toshiba but I kept hitting the alt key instead of cmd.
Get a Mac external keyboard. Then alt stays in the same place and command becomes the windows key. That's how I use windows computers and Macs with the same keyboard.
Not anymore useless than your useless reply. I gave you a sound recommendation that the rest of the forum is offering (getting a second computer) and you become hostile. SMH. ?
I got the mini to replace my 2019 i9 iMac and its just as fast if not faster and more importantly - silent
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