hello, in case its not been mentioned, the new Air comes with a USB memory card 8Gb which has the OS on it for reinstall purposes. On 8 Nov 2010, at 09:12, Paul Erkens wrote:
Hi Mike, This sounds very interesting. How would I go about sharing the drive on my macbook, so that an air could use it to install its OS? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Arrigo" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 4:31 AM Subject: Re: accessibility of MacBook Air You can share the DVD drive of the macbook pro, and the macbook air can use the shared drive. On Nov 7, 2010, at 8:11 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > Mary, > > I got the fattest 11 inch air I could get with 128 gb storage and 4gb memory. > Apple makes a great product, but you pay for it but then again, you get what > you pay for. So when I purchase an apple device, I only do it if I can get > the most I can for what I want. I concur, 64 GB is hardly enough. Now the > 13 incher goes up to 256 G; LOL I just wrote K instead of GB; hmmm, do you > think I am tired from travel? > > I just cannot say enough about this Air! but just as in the windows world a > netbook is sexy, it might not be for everyone. However, it surely is for me. > > I will find out more about methodologies for updating the OS; I'm not > concerned, because I still have a macBook Pro to which I can hook the Air, > but I realize I am unique perhaps in that, so I will find out and let folks > know what I learn unless somebody else already knows how to do it for sure. > > Marlaina > On Nov 7, 2010, at 5:52 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > > Marlaina, > Your comment about the IPad was interesting. I've been pondering the possible > purchase of an IPad or the Air and seeing pluses and minuses for both. I > assume you are using Pages on the Air for all that note taking? I'd be > curious if others' experiences with the bluetooth keyboard and the IPad > mirrored yours. What keyboard were you using? Did you say you got the air > with just 64gb of storage? Or did you upgrade? the price goes up mighty fast > when you do that, but 64gb doesn't seem sufficient. > > mary > Mary Otten > [email protected] > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
