On Aug 4, 2011, at 5:17, Arno Hautala <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'd be hesitant to assume Apple is updating the Flash media. It seems
> to me that it'd be more expensive to return those to the factory that
> loaded them to be updated. But then again, I don't know what the
> process is or who Apple uses for this or if they do things themselves.
> If it really is an army of unpaid interns loading and updating Flash
> media with whatever the latest OS release is, it very well could be a
> bit more economical for them.

But lion 10.7 on USB at the apple store, hand it to a genius who writes the 
cuttent 10.7.5 installer to it. 

>> There’s a lot more costs involved that the simple manufacturing costs: 
>> shipping, storage, warehousing, distribution, and shelf space are all 
>> considerations, not to mention the WORM aspect of the DVD pressing.
> 
> Don't all those same things apply to Flash media?
> What is WORM? (The Googles do nothing.)

Write Once Read Many. I guess its an outdated term, but it was pretty common 
back in the late 80s early 90s. 

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