Re: An electronista article *with* the article...
Ronald Hatton <[email protected]>
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On Oct 20, 2010, at 5:23 PM, Ronald Hatton wrote: > > On Oct 20, 2010, at 4:42 PM, Bruce Geerdes wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Ronald Hatton <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I am not certain how, on such a machine, you install programs and save data. I suppose you have to download it to the machine, or you have to start receiving your software on flash media. At this point, do software providers have their software generally available for such an installation? >> >> Ah, so you're talking about the optical drive, not the hard drive. >> >> You have three options: >> >> - Download it (which is how I get *all* my software these days) >> - Buy external optical drive to hook up to USB >> - Use another Mac's optical drive remotely >> >>> And many people use their laptops for viewing DVDs or listening to CDs. So, you have to carry an external optical drive with you? Or do you carry a portable DVD player and an iPod or other digital music player when you travel? >> >> Yes, that'd be a consideration before purchasing an Air. Me, I hardly >> ever use my optical drive. Only when ripping CDs. > > As much as possible, I download my software, but a good f''r instance is that Apple announced iLife '11 today, and the only way to purchase it is physically. That means that if you buy a Macbook Air, you couldn't install the suite!! (Yes, it probably is pre-installed since they are coming out together, but you see what I'm getting at.) This answers my previous concern: http://www.macworld.com/article/155032/2010/10/osx_lion.html?lsrc=newsalert "Lion will bring a Mac App Store to the Mac, similar to the App Store for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. You’ll be able to purchase and download Mac apps the same way you do on iOS devices, with integrated app updates. The Mac App Store will be one way to get Mac OS apps, but developers can still sell apps as they do now. Apple plans to open the Mac App Store within 90 days from Wednesday for use on Snow Leopard." -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot