Hi Cara,
Yup, but target disk mode is included under the heading of file access
through existing computers. If you don't have an earlier Mac I doubt
you would be using target disk mode at all. If you were coming in
with only Windows computers would you be using this? I also keep
drive clones. It used to be that you could only boot from these if you
used Firewire, but now you can do this with a USB2 connection. (And
then there is Time Machine.)
Don't get me wrong; I'm really happy to have the Firewire connection.
All I mean to say is that this isn't as much of an issue for new Mac
users. And I might as well correct the "6 MB" maximum memory to "6
GB" -- a Freudian slip there.
Cheers,
Esther
On Nov 3, 2008, at 5:34 PM, Cara Quinn wrote:
What about target disc mode?… My understanding is that it's only
available via FW?… It's not something I use currently, but I'm sooo
happy I have that capability, as it's something I do need / like
from time to time.
Smiles,
Cara :)
On Nov 3, 2008, at 5:15 PM, Esther wrote:
Hi,
The new laptops seem pretty nice, apart from the issue of missing
off the Firewire port. Like Jacob, I recently got a MacBook, and I
am glad that I have the Firewire port. However, that seems to be
much more of an issue for existing Mac users than for new users,
since we (or at least I) have existing peripherals that use the
Firewire connection, such as hard drives. And if you have an older
Mac, the Firewire connector makes it easy to migrate file data
machine to machine or boot off an external device. For new users,
the lack of a Firewire port could be an issue if you want to
connect a video camera which only has a Firewire connector and not
USB.
On the plus side for the new MacBook laptops, they seem to run
cooler, and they can take up to 6 MB of memory (where the current
MacBooks max out at 4 MB). It's likely that these will be more
extensible for movie playing and video games (or virtual reality
software like Second Life). Alternatively, getting one of the older
models will give you quite good performance for most operations at
a lower price.
Just my thoughts.
Cheers,
Esther
On Nov 3, 2008, at 2:03 PM, Slau wrote:
Just a little word about processor speed versus performance.
According to Apple, although, for example, the new MacBook Pro's
processor speed is less than the previous model, they claim it's
40 percent faster, whatever that means. For years, many people
have said that clock speed is not a reliable means of determining
the actual processing power of the computer. Thus, supposedly, a
Mac with a lower clock speed could apparently out-perform a
Windows machine with a higher clock speed. I don't know whether
that's actually true or not. Please don't start a long thread
about which computer is faster. I'm only stating the possibility
that it might be worth looking into this claim by Apple, that's all.
Cheers
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