External boot disks still don’t work properly with M1 Macs
External SSD is my default setup. I encourage it in the office as well. Even my gaming machine is setup at home this way. When popping over a mates I often just plug it out and stick it in to their machine.<p>It's very useful to be able to seperate data from the hardware. If something is wrong with a machine I can just plug straight in to another one. An SSD is much easier to carry than a laptop.<p>The other problem with internal hard drives is when they get stuck inside e.g. with MacBooks being sealed these days. External SSDs can offer great flexibility and a trade off worth considering. I can imagine people having security concerns etc.<p>Disappointing to hear this about the new M1s.<p>I recommend people interested in dipping their toes into Linux Gaming trying this approach:<p><a href="https://www.easyuefi.com/wintousb/" rel="nofollow">https://www.easyuefi.com/wintousb/</a><p><a href="https://rufus.ie/" rel="nofollow">https://rufus.ie/</a>