Hello Lew Please don't think I'm against the MacBook Air. Not at all, it's a very nice little machine. And yes, if you could boot from a thumb drive that would be a huge huge plus as you could have multiple drives with different configurations. I've often wondered actually whether we could do that with our MacBook and MacBookPro's as it would be extremely useful.
Now, a question. I'm toying with the idea of getting an SSD for one of our machines. But what I want to know is whether the hard drive in a MacBook Pro (Mid 2009) is easy to remove and replace. Also, does anybody happen to know whether there is a size limit on the drive you can use? It's an attractive prospect for both of us actually as we've seen first hand the difference it can make when you upgrade RAM. This 13' machine I'm using, for instance, came with 2GB of RAM when we bought it. We upgraded it to 4GB and then, some time later, we upgraded it to 8GB. The jump between 2 and 4 didn't do a great deal to be honest. But the jump from 4 to 8GB made a huge huge huge difference. So much so, in fact, that we've upgraded our Quad Core Mac Minis which are all server-based machines, to 8GB and I'm toying with the idea of putting SSD's in them as well. It would be expensive; but I'd rather spend the money on that and put it down to business use than give it to the taxman! Lynne On 18 Nov 2011, at 17:41, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: the macbook air is a very attractive proposition, especially where OS booting would be handy where a thumb drive loaded with say OS X, Linux and windows on a technical only basis would be handy. The ipad does feel very decent and comfortable. Maybe it would be worth taking one on and putting it through it's paces. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
