Originally Posted by joemikeb
Originally Posted by artie505
The considerably longer installation time is another difference.
In the process of troubleshooting an issue with a third party kernel extension, I have performed half a dozen full installs in the past two days. The average install time to my internal drive including download on the average runs less than twenty-five minutes (external drives take a little longer). Although I haven't run a combo update in a few years, IIRC that would compare favorably. Even better, a full install further reduces the chance of an error. 🤷‍♂️
But it'll be a bunch of years before a significant percentage of users is running M-1s, which, if my memory serves me, you've complimented for their significantly faster installation times.

I didn't clock it, but I'm certain that my Big Sur upgrade took at least 45 minutes.

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