OutdoorAppDeveloper

I am also getting the "Can't install update" (for reasons) message.  Glad it's not just me. I hope this is a waiting for Apple to get its act together issue and not an oh crap, have to reinstall the OS issue.

I have trouble reading charts that don't have scales on them. It would be super if Apple included some Geekbench results or other actual benchmarks when they say how much faster their computers are.
What are your thoughts on the 16 GB RAM limitation? Do you think future M series chips will have similar restrictions? I am guessing not on the iMac M2 next year.
The M1 appears to be a compromise of a CPU. It has fewer thermal limitations than the A series processors. It keeps the performance/power advantages of the A series but is aimed at the desktop resulting in rather impressive specs even if it is not exactly at the enthusiast level.
The GPU should be faster than other embedded GPUs but I suspect is at least five times slower than a discrete GPU. Hopefully the M2 will also allow for discrete GPUs but I somehow suspect that it will remain embedded which raises the specter that the 2021 iMac could have slower graphics than the 2020 iMac. If Apple opts for an optional discrete GPU do you think we will see an Apple branded discrete GPU (the G1?) or will they use the latest AMD GPU?
As a developer, I see the change from Intel to ARM as only positive news. Compiling code for the different platforms is just a small change to the project settings. It may have implications if I want backwards compatibility with older versions of the OS (a Catalina compatible version won't run on the M1 for example). There is dead silence from Parallels about Windows compatibility which is sad because Apple could have made Rosetta a SDK available to all developers. Major missed opportunity there.
I am still holding out hope that Apple will announce a Mac nano at the same time they announce the next Apple TV. If they did this at the same time the M2 is announced, they could still hit a $299 price point with an 8GB M1 processor for the Mac nano and Apple TV. Trust me, this would create major waves in the PC industry as they have absolutely nothing in that price/performance range. If Apple waits past next year to do it, they will have lost their opportunity because you know Microsoft has to be preparing their own Windows 10 for ARM based computers with Rosetta like backwards compatibility.

Hope you don't need more than 16 GB of RAM.
Previous version was up to 64 GB.
FD: I am likely to buy one of these once the dust settles. At least I get to keep it this time.

Holding out hope for a Mac nano in an Apple TV form factor with an A14X CPU and 8 GB of RAM for $299. Jobs would have done this without hesitation as it would be the single most disruptive product Apple could bring to market in order to emphasize Apple Silicon's dominance over Intel. Timid Tim probably would reject the idea because it is different or something.

Apple should add "the worlds smallest violin" to Garage Band.