New MacBook Pro can boot off SD card, 09/06/2009 - Your reactions

[moose]

According to a kbase note just published by Apple:

Can I install Mac OS X on an SD storage device and use it as a startup volume?

Yes.  Change the default partition table to GUID using Disk Utility, and format the card to use the Mac OS Extended file format to do so.

Wow, that might come in handy as an emergency boot solution... takes less space than a disc. Or simply clone your OSX install DVD onto an SDHC card and carry it around.


Could this be the beginning of Apple slowly phasing out the DISC (CD or DVD), just as they phased out the floppy disc with the first iMac? Imagine how slim and light a MacBook Pro could get if it didn't include the SuperDrive. Yes, a bit like the Air...

By Moose

[okeribok]

Could this be the beginning of Apple slowly phasing out the DISC (CD or DVD), just as they phased out the floppy disc with the first iMac? Imagine how slim and light a MacBook Pro could get if it didn't include the SuperDrive. Yes, a bit like the Air...

May be, but the MacBook Pro with expresscard slot could boot from an expresscard storage medium. I really don't get the switch to SD, replacing the expresscard slot, especially with products like this:


Yes, the optical can die, afaik, but NOT the expresscard slot, NOT the removable battery (and NOT the matte anti-glare screen). My opinion is that Apple has NO PRO LAPTOPs at this time.