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do new Macs still come with DVD restore disks? - space-time - 12-01-2011
except MBA which doesn't have an optical drive, of course, what about the other Macs. Do they still come with optical disks or Apple switched to USB sticks or maybe the cloud?
Re: do new Macs still come with DVD restore disks? - Black - 12-01-2011
Paper booklets and restore partitions-- no physical media of any sort.
Re: do new Macs still come with DVD restore disks? - Chakravartin - 12-01-2011
No.
Lion has a recovery volume. That's all you get.
Re: do new Macs still come with DVD restore disks? - Black - 12-01-2011
Don't listen to him, listen to me!
Re: do new Macs still come with DVD restore disks? - space-time - 12-01-2011
so what if the HD (with restore partition) goes kaput?
Also, when Apple advertises a HD as 500 GB, how much of that is used by the restore partition?
Re: do new Macs still come with DVD restore disks? - space-time - 12-01-2011
Black wrote:
Don't listen to him, listen to me!
paranoid?
Re: do new Macs still come with DVD restore disks? - Chakravartin - 12-01-2011
space-time wrote:
so what if the HD (with restore partition) goes kaput?
Out of warranty, Apple will install it for you for a nominal fee.
(Or you could make an emergency recovery disk with this tool: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20089757-263/apple-releases-lion-recovery-disk-assistant-tool/ )
Re: do new Macs still come with DVD restore disks? - hal - 12-01-2011
space-time wrote:
so what if the HD (with restore partition) goes kaput?
Also, when Apple advertises a HD as 500 GB, how much of that is used by the restore partition?
It's an apple - nothing can ever go wrong...
the partition is just a few 100mb - pretty darned small
Re: do new Macs still come with DVD restore disks? - Black - 12-01-2011
space-time wrote:
[quote=Black]
Don't listen to him, listen to me!
paranoid?
No, but there were like a zillion threads about these very questions when everyone rushed to download Lion that first day.
A bunch on this page:
http://forums.macresource.com/list.php?1,page=131
Re: do new Macs still come with DVD restore disks? - space-time - 12-01-2011
Black wrote:
[quote=space-time]
[quote=Black]
Don't listen to him, listen to me!
paranoid?
No, but there were like a zillion threads about these very questions when everyone rushed to download Lion that first day.
A bunch on this page:
http://forums.macresource.com/list.php?1,page=131
I understand that Apple does not sell Lion separately on an optical disk. I was asking if they also eliminated the optical discs with all their Macs. That's a different question.
There may have been some threads about this, which I may have missed.