I did a fairly deep dive into this (and actually got accepted into a programme at one of the Designated Organisations but haven't gone through with it yet).
It does seem that many (most?) of the accelerator/incubators are pay-to-play. Some are more upfront about this than others. Techstars Toronto would be a notable exception obviously.
I suspect there's a little bit of this pay-to-play at work in some of the angels and funds also who are Designated Organisations, but I can't say that for certain.
The other thing I've gleaned is that the process currently takes a LONG time - like 1 year plus.
There's a couple forums you can search for that active ongoing discussions from applicants.
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I have an M1 mini 2TB/16GB arriving next week. Will add comments when I get it - my primary dev environment is Docker + JetBrains, so we'll see how far I get in that.
I was thinking the same thing - probably the number that actually starts the course will be in the 90%s of the total and there will be a fair amount of attrition as the course proceeds.
It would be interesting to see what these numbers look like as well over the ten weeks.
I believe that was fixed in the most recent Mac version already - see the devs comments on the page. I have it installed on my MBP and have had no issues.
This is what I did when upgrading last year - bought a used one on eBay (which is a first for me - normally buy them new) - 2015 15" fully maxed out (fastest i7, 16GB, 1TB) and including the GPU, so it basically benchmarks only slightly slower than the top of the line current model.
I already had a TB2 hub and other TB2 peripherals and extra MagSafe 2 power supplies, so no additional investment in adapters, etc.
The kicker was the unit I bought has been purchased less than a year before I got it, so it was still eligible for AppleCare (you can check this w/ the serial number that most reputable eBay vendors provide). The time has probably passed for this, although you could still get a unit where someone else has already gotten it.
The trash can Mac Pro was an absolute disaster which was obviously designed in a completely isolated silo with zero input from external users of the Mac Pro.
Now Apple is taking two more years to "redesign" some more...
If Apple brought back the old Mac Pro case w/ a new motherboard, TB, USB-C, etc. - that alone would fly off the shelf (and would have for the last few years).
I like it for the electronics and hacking - like I said I've got an Amateur Extra class license and a 2x1 call sign, and I have literally NEVER keyed up - not even once.
KJ8T but I've never made my own QSL card...