[pkw792]

I have just started to use a Mac M1 Mini, and am disappointed. It's incredibly slow to download or install anything. Hangs all the time, takes like 5 hours to install Xcode (it's done but the UI hangs leaving you to believe it has more to do). Hangs when cloning a git repo. Gets stuck anywhere and everywhere. Have to force kill everything and restart to knock some sense into it. I was always respectful of Mac users because Windows has had its problems in the past, but after using a Mac for the first time, I hate it more than ever.

[dev_tty01]

I'm sorry you are having a bad experience. If you spend any time reading on the internet, you can easily see that your experience is a rare exception. Apple gives you 14 days to return it, no questions asked. I assume you returned a computer with so many issues. Good luck with your next computer choice.

[rangewookie]

uhhh... your mac might be broken. I have one and my friend has one. We both engage in cpu/gpu intensive workloads and this just doesn't happen. Still within the return window? Would be interesting to find out your fan is DOA or something like that...

[pkw792]

Yeah it's pretty much brand new and for sure within the return window. Maybe there's something wrong with it. I was expecting cool fireworks for sure, but it's been nothing but a PITA thus far.

[rootusrootus]

It's broken, return it. My M1 MBP is a rocket, and doesn't exhibit any of the negative behavior you are experiencing.

[minimaul]

100%, go and exchange it.

It should not be performing like this. I bought a base spec m1 mac mini for testing apple silicon applications on and it has ended up displacing a 2019 16" MBP unexpectedly - the mac mini is far faster in real world usage for me, and your workflow is exactly what I'm doing with it.

[other_herbert]

Just another to pile on, my 8gb m1 mba has made me stop using my xps 15 with 32gb of ram... that sounds maybe like a storage issue? yeah take it back!!

[astrange]

File a problem with Feedback Assistant. Or exchange it, I suppose.

[pkw792]

It's very difficult to follow and engage in technical posts like these benchmarking micro-instructions and so on, where on the face of it the product is simply falling on its face in the most basic use-cases.

[jasonwatkinspdx]

Go to the store. You are not in any way getting the typical experience. This thing is by far the fastest computer I have ever touched in terms of UX responsiveness.

[lucian1900]

My M1 MacBook Air is by far the fastest machine I’ve ever used. Something is definitely wrong with yours.