ORICO M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure (external adapter) $12.99

[UtterDisbelief]

Yeah, here in the US we get the lowest prices on most things tech related. If you were to live in a state with no sales tax too, that's the best it can get. Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon

Not even California has a 20% sales tax on goods. Like the 20% VAT over in the UK. It's closer to 10%.
You could move across the pond to New Hampshire and save a lot of cash on tech ! Craig H. moved to the US just to be near a Micro Center ! Just kidding. Probably not the reason.

Well I put my money where my mouth is and when I saw a fair price on the Orico enclosure, I threw in a WD M.2 SSD too:

Arrived today so not used yet.

Enclosure was £13.50 approx and WD SSD was £41 approx. They were "Limited Time Deals" so I couldn't risk waiting.

Will probably use this combo with my M1 Mac mini ...

 

[trs96]

Will probably use this combo with my M1 Mac mini ...

For backups or to boot an older macOS version ? Can you even do that on an M1 mini ?

 

[UtterDisbelief]

For backups or to boot an older macOS version ? Can you even do that on an M1 mini ?

Good question. Not sure yet. I'll check if anyone else has booted AS from an external drive before I risk scuppering anything!