My 8GB Mini was plagued with problems right out of the box. Random pink screen when booting and flashing green/pink horizontal artifacts when using the desktop environment. Kernal crashes at the App Store when applying updates. Then after wiping the OS I get errors when creating a user account regardless if I use iCloud or not. This is a terrible user experience coming from Apple. It feels like I’m using a Linux box with outdated drivers. Never have I been so frustrated with a new Apple product. Note: this isn’t happening to everyone, but there are a bunch of similar experiences popping up on message boards. Some say it's a Big Sur/hardware driver issue, but whatever it is, it's rushed. Apple blew it with the cheapest entry to their M1. What a shame.