Copy OS from one Mini to another?

[Wendell]

Hello, I have two Intel Minis with identical specifications. I would like to copy the OS from one to the other using SuperDuper! Is this advisable?
-Wendell

[dnanian]

Sure, you can do that, Wendall. Just recognize that things are done in one direction only -- from the source to the destination, with the intention of making the two machines identical...

[Wendell]

Thank you. I have used SuperDuper! in the past to restore my G5. But in that case, I was copying the clone back to the computer from which it came. With the Minis, I will be replacing one OS for another. I was concerned that an installed operating system might contain files that were hardware specific. So if that is not the case, I'll give it a go!
-Wendell

[dnanian]

It should be handled just fine, as long as they're both Intel-based, and you indicated they were...