That's the beauty of Remote Disk. If there is another computer with an optical drive in the area, you can use it as the optical drive for the MacBook Air. You aren't screwed if you forget the external.
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NoiseDesign - Jan 15, 2008 8:49:25 am PST #4321 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
§ ita § - Jan 15, 2008 8:50:01 am PST #4322 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Huh. So the fancier faster option gets you less HD storage, but it's flash.
It's so terribly terribly pretty, but completely unjustifiable for me. For which I'm kinda grateful.
Lee - Jan 15, 2008 8:50:40 am PST #4323 of 25501
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Yeah, the more I look at it, the less I think it is for me, unless I also got a desk top, which I have been considering for somewhere down the line.
It is very pretty though.
Jon B. - Jan 15, 2008 8:51:14 am PST #4324 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
If there is another computer with an optical drive in the area, you can use it as the optical drive for the MacBook Air. You aren't screwed if you forget the external.
Don't you need to install software on the remote machine, or am I misunderstanding? It's still really cool, but it may not always be convenient.
NoiseDesign - Jan 15, 2008 8:51:21 am PST #4325 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
You can configure the HD one with the faster processor.
§ ita § - Jan 15, 2008 8:51:52 am PST #4326 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If there is another computer with an optical drive in the area, you can use it as the optical drive for the MacBook Air.
But you have to be able to install software on that computer, which makes it less handy.
NoiseDesign - Jan 15, 2008 8:52:16 am PST #4327 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
Yeah, it looks like you need to install a bit of software on the other machine.
§ ita § - Jan 15, 2008 8:53:24 am PST #4328 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You can configure the HD one with the faster processor.
I just think it's interesting that they didn't. Are they relying on their audience being either geeky enough to want solid state despite smaller HD, or ungeeky enough to never notice that the HD is smaller in their second canned config?
Jessica - Jan 15, 2008 8:54:27 am PST #4329 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Hmm. I'm not sure a laptop without a DVD drive would be useful to me, the more I think about it.
But the new Apple TVs are still pretty tempting at $229.
And looking forward to my new iPod Touch apps, assuming they're going to upgrade the current models & not just ship w/ the new ones.
Tom Scola - Jan 15, 2008 8:55:14 am PST #4330 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
And looking forward to my new iPod Touch apps, assuming they're going to upgrade the current models & not just ship w/ the new ones.
Current owners have to pay $20 to get the upgrade.