Hmm. I'l have to play with that if the time ever comes. lol! S On Nov 8, 2010, at 4:41 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote:
> In system preferences, there's an option to share the DVD drive, I think once > that's done, you can access it like any other network drive, I've never > tested this though. > On Nov 8, 2010, at 3:12 AM, 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. > -- 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.
