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Re:Apple Unveils MacBook Pro Featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max by matwood on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @11:22AM (#34414431)
As someone else mentioned, people have always had issues when upgrading. So much so that for a long time people recommended wiping and re-installing instead of upgrading. Some of the early macOS versions were also really rough comparatively.

I've been using macs for a long time and have never had any issues though. I also tend to run the betas very early on.

I don't doubt that you have issues though, I just think they have always been some % of users. And, now that more and more people are using macs that % turns into absolute larger numbers.

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Re:Apple Unveils MacBook Pro Featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max by Joeri on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @12:23PM (#34415417)
A certain percentage of ram and storage goes bad in ways that cause this kind of instability, and an upgrade will have a tendency to bring this out. I’ve had my own share of stability issues fixed by ram and storage swaps. Too bad new macs no longer allow this kind of repair.
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