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Jan. 15th, 2008
One more MacBook Air thing....
Jan. 15th, 2008 06:20 pmIn order to install software on the MBA you have to install a special utility on one of your computers that has a DVD or CD-Rom drive. You then have to install software onto the MacBook Air over the network from another computer. It has to mooch optical drives off of other computers. ;) You could also transfer disc images over the network but with its small 80GB hard drive you are going to be running out of space fast. That's how big the hard drive in my Mac Mini is and I'm kind of hurting and I don't keep disc images on my hard drive or movies.
Oh, according to the video they have at apple.com they also have a thin external drive for it.
Oh yeah and one other thing.... it seems like they had disabled time machine over airport so they could come out with the new Airport called "Time Capsule". The thing here was that the previous Airport Extreme didn't have a built in hard drive but people could hook up USB hard drives to it. This new one has an option for a 500GB one for 299 and a 1TB version for 500 bucks and is officially endorsed for Time Machine. I wonder what else they might have fixed compared to the older Airport.... or if it's just marketing.
The difference between this and the Windows Home Server though is a "Time Capsule" doesn't run a server OS and doesn't do more than file storage and backup.
Oh, according to the video they have at apple.com they also have a thin external drive for it.
Oh yeah and one other thing.... it seems like they had disabled time machine over airport so they could come out with the new Airport called "Time Capsule". The thing here was that the previous Airport Extreme didn't have a built in hard drive but people could hook up USB hard drives to it. This new one has an option for a 500GB one for 299 and a 1TB version for 500 bucks and is officially endorsed for Time Machine. I wonder what else they might have fixed compared to the older Airport.... or if it's just marketing.
The difference between this and the Windows Home Server though is a "Time Capsule" doesn't run a server OS and doesn't do more than file storage and backup.
One more MacBook Air thing....
Jan. 15th, 2008 06:20 pmIn order to install software on the MBA you have to install a special utility on one of your computers that has a DVD or CD-Rom drive. You then have to install software onto the MacBook Air over the network from another computer. It has to mooch optical drives off of other computers. ;) You could also transfer disc images over the network but with its small 80GB hard drive you are going to be running out of space fast. That's how big the hard drive in my Mac Mini is and I'm kind of hurting and I don't keep disc images on my hard drive or movies.
Oh, according to the video they have at apple.com they also have a thin external drive for it.
Oh yeah and one other thing.... it seems like they had disabled time machine over airport so they could come out with the new Airport called "Time Capsule". The thing here was that the previous Airport Extreme didn't have a built in hard drive but people could hook up USB hard drives to it. This new one has an option for a 500GB one for 299 and a 1TB version for 500 bucks and is officially endorsed for Time Machine. I wonder what else they might have fixed compared to the older Airport.... or if it's just marketing.
The difference between this and the Windows Home Server though is a "Time Capsule" doesn't run a server OS and doesn't do more than file storage and backup.
Oh, according to the video they have at apple.com they also have a thin external drive for it.
Oh yeah and one other thing.... it seems like they had disabled time machine over airport so they could come out with the new Airport called "Time Capsule". The thing here was that the previous Airport Extreme didn't have a built in hard drive but people could hook up USB hard drives to it. This new one has an option for a 500GB one for 299 and a 1TB version for 500 bucks and is officially endorsed for Time Machine. I wonder what else they might have fixed compared to the older Airport.... or if it's just marketing.
The difference between this and the Windows Home Server though is a "Time Capsule" doesn't run a server OS and doesn't do more than file storage and backup.
One more MacBook Air thing....
Jan. 15th, 2008 06:20 pmIn order to install software on the MBA you have to install a special utility on one of your computers that has a DVD or CD-Rom drive. You then have to install software onto the MacBook Air over the network from another computer. It has to mooch optical drives off of other computers. ;) You could also transfer disc images over the network but with its small 80GB hard drive you are going to be running out of space fast. That's how big the hard drive in my Mac Mini is and I'm kind of hurting and I don't keep disc images on my hard drive or movies.
Oh, according to the video they have at apple.com they also have a thin external drive for it.
Oh yeah and one other thing.... it seems like they had disabled time machine over airport so they could come out with the new Airport called "Time Capsule". The thing here was that the previous Airport Extreme didn't have a built in hard drive but people could hook up USB hard drives to it. This new one has an option for a 500GB one for 299 and a 1TB version for 500 bucks and is officially endorsed for Time Machine. I wonder what else they might have fixed compared to the older Airport.... or if it's just marketing.
The difference between this and the Windows Home Server though is a "Time Capsule" doesn't run a server OS and doesn't do more than file storage and backup.
Oh, according to the video they have at apple.com they also have a thin external drive for it.
Oh yeah and one other thing.... it seems like they had disabled time machine over airport so they could come out with the new Airport called "Time Capsule". The thing here was that the previous Airport Extreme didn't have a built in hard drive but people could hook up USB hard drives to it. This new one has an option for a 500GB one for 299 and a 1TB version for 500 bucks and is officially endorsed for Time Machine. I wonder what else they might have fixed compared to the older Airport.... or if it's just marketing.
The difference between this and the Windows Home Server though is a "Time Capsule" doesn't run a server OS and doesn't do more than file storage and backup.
Another thought............
Jan. 15th, 2008 09:53 pmSome person at Macthemes2.net accused people like me who are complaining about the MacBook Air of being against progress. I was like.. the reason why I say things isn't to hold things back. If a company sees what I say and decides to hold things back they need to grow thicker skin. I for one can't be accused of being against progress and I love the idea of a razor thin laptop. It just isn't too practical for now. Maybe in a few years if the price of components comes down.
They said, "If they listen to people like you we wouldn't have cool cell phones today"... right....
Another thing:
Sometimes in a forum thread when talking about different models of Macs someone sometimes mentions how a particular model could "cannibalize" another one. But I question why Apple would suffer if that did happen. Either way they are making their money off of it. For example if they came out with a mid-range headless Mac and people bought one and a Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse etc with it it may end up being more expensive than an iMac.. is Apple suffering here? Even if they don't buy it with those things if a lot of people bought it and lot of those people wouldn't have bought a Mac otherwise why is that such a bad thing if that Mac was more successful than a different model? People have their reasons for picking different models and I'm not for forcing them to pick something that doesn't fit their needs for fear of "cannibalization".
One could say make the argument that the MBA is already cannibalized by even the regular MacBook or the MacBook Pro.
They said, "If they listen to people like you we wouldn't have cool cell phones today"... right....
Another thing:
Sometimes in a forum thread when talking about different models of Macs someone sometimes mentions how a particular model could "cannibalize" another one. But I question why Apple would suffer if that did happen. Either way they are making their money off of it. For example if they came out with a mid-range headless Mac and people bought one and a Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse etc with it it may end up being more expensive than an iMac.. is Apple suffering here? Even if they don't buy it with those things if a lot of people bought it and lot of those people wouldn't have bought a Mac otherwise why is that such a bad thing if that Mac was more successful than a different model? People have their reasons for picking different models and I'm not for forcing them to pick something that doesn't fit their needs for fear of "cannibalization".
One could say make the argument that the MBA is already cannibalized by even the regular MacBook or the MacBook Pro.
Another thought............
Jan. 15th, 2008 09:53 pmSome person at Macthemes2.net accused people like me who are complaining about the MacBook Air of being against progress. I was like.. the reason why I say things isn't to hold things back. If a company sees what I say and decides to hold things back they need to grow thicker skin. I for one can't be accused of being against progress and I love the idea of a razor thin laptop. It just isn't too practical for now. Maybe in a few years if the price of components comes down.
They said, "If they listen to people like you we wouldn't have cool cell phones today"... right....
Another thing:
Sometimes in a forum thread when talking about different models of Macs someone sometimes mentions how a particular model could "cannibalize" another one. But I question why Apple would suffer if that did happen. Either way they are making their money off of it. For example if they came out with a mid-range headless Mac and people bought one and a Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse etc with it it may end up being more expensive than an iMac.. is Apple suffering here? Even if they don't buy it with those things if a lot of people bought it and lot of those people wouldn't have bought a Mac otherwise why is that such a bad thing if that Mac was more successful than a different model? People have their reasons for picking different models and I'm not for forcing them to pick something that doesn't fit their needs for fear of "cannibalization".
One could say make the argument that the MBA is already cannibalized by even the regular MacBook or the MacBook Pro.
They said, "If they listen to people like you we wouldn't have cool cell phones today"... right....
Another thing:
Sometimes in a forum thread when talking about different models of Macs someone sometimes mentions how a particular model could "cannibalize" another one. But I question why Apple would suffer if that did happen. Either way they are making their money off of it. For example if they came out with a mid-range headless Mac and people bought one and a Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse etc with it it may end up being more expensive than an iMac.. is Apple suffering here? Even if they don't buy it with those things if a lot of people bought it and lot of those people wouldn't have bought a Mac otherwise why is that such a bad thing if that Mac was more successful than a different model? People have their reasons for picking different models and I'm not for forcing them to pick something that doesn't fit their needs for fear of "cannibalization".
One could say make the argument that the MBA is already cannibalized by even the regular MacBook or the MacBook Pro.
Another thought............
Jan. 15th, 2008 09:53 pmSome person at Macthemes2.net accused people like me who are complaining about the MacBook Air of being against progress. I was like.. the reason why I say things isn't to hold things back. If a company sees what I say and decides to hold things back they need to grow thicker skin. I for one can't be accused of being against progress and I love the idea of a razor thin laptop. It just isn't too practical for now. Maybe in a few years if the price of components comes down.
They said, "If they listen to people like you we wouldn't have cool cell phones today"... right....
Another thing:
Sometimes in a forum thread when talking about different models of Macs someone sometimes mentions how a particular model could "cannibalize" another one. But I question why Apple would suffer if that did happen. Either way they are making their money off of it. For example if they came out with a mid-range headless Mac and people bought one and a Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse etc with it it may end up being more expensive than an iMac.. is Apple suffering here? Even if they don't buy it with those things if a lot of people bought it and lot of those people wouldn't have bought a Mac otherwise why is that such a bad thing if that Mac was more successful than a different model? People have their reasons for picking different models and I'm not for forcing them to pick something that doesn't fit their needs for fear of "cannibalization".
One could say make the argument that the MBA is already cannibalized by even the regular MacBook or the MacBook Pro.
They said, "If they listen to people like you we wouldn't have cool cell phones today"... right....
Another thing:
Sometimes in a forum thread when talking about different models of Macs someone sometimes mentions how a particular model could "cannibalize" another one. But I question why Apple would suffer if that did happen. Either way they are making their money off of it. For example if they came out with a mid-range headless Mac and people bought one and a Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse etc with it it may end up being more expensive than an iMac.. is Apple suffering here? Even if they don't buy it with those things if a lot of people bought it and lot of those people wouldn't have bought a Mac otherwise why is that such a bad thing if that Mac was more successful than a different model? People have their reasons for picking different models and I'm not for forcing them to pick something that doesn't fit their needs for fear of "cannibalization".
One could say make the argument that the MBA is already cannibalized by even the regular MacBook or the MacBook Pro.