Migration Assistant quit unexpectedly, to New M1 Macbook Pro 13" from MacBook Pro 15" 2016

Hi,

I did restart after each attempt. Disabled antivirus on 2016 MacBook 15”. Tried with Thunderbolt in each port on each machine. Followed instructions. After about ten attempts, the new M1 started losing the cursor, could still select items just could’nt see the cursor. Required restart to get cursor visible again.

Bought to replace a malfunctioning 2016 MacBook Pro with keyboard problem and bendgate screen problem, which i could not get covered,t was “not backlight”, but had intermittent screen loss in bottom one inch, went away sometimes if you rocked the screen.

Going to return, I just can’t afford to take another chance on a very expensive choice when it could fail within a couple years. I’m not that well-off. My 15” has an awful feeling keyboard and i have to mash the keys to successfully type. My 17” unibody from 2010 is flawless and still rocks. As does my iMac mid-2011.

So sad, I was really stoked. Have had every phone, ipad, and watch and they all have been flawless. We are an Apple family.

;(

Also, tried several time without Thunderbolt using wifi. Started once and gave an estimated time to complete but the new M1 had the quit unexpectedly problem within seconds.