I don't think it was that much more TBH, but I can't remember how much it cost back in 2010 (yes, even then OS restore was being shipped on USB).
I mainly bought it for weight, OS X, and "ooooh shiney". And it's not disappointed on any front.
Apple don't do that any more, since Lion (where you could buy a USB restore stick) they have made a recovery partition on your HDD. With mountain lion they no longer offer a USB stick at all. The expectation is you'll just download it from the apple store in the event of disaster recovery.
I assume Macs can fuck up enough to not have internet access?
I think they have some sort of GUI recovery mode thing that can connect to the internet, which implies that if a Mac can't access the net (assuming a connection is available), something is really badly wrong.
I think.
I should probably find this stuff out, in case my MBP gets ill.
I think they have some sort of GUI recovery mode thing that can connect to the internet, which implies that if a Mac can't access the net (assuming a connection is available), something is really badly wrong.
I think.
I should probably find this stuff out, in case my MBP gets ill.
Hey double post, awesome.
Hey double post, awesome.
That's the Apple backup kicking in. It's like having two computers, for the price of three.
But they just work so you never have to do that, and as Caer says they have a GUI option which connects to the web without an OS installed.