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The good part is holding the option key and getting a reasonable environment to choose a startup disk. My mac is the only computer I've ever had that can boot

The good part is holding the option key and getting a reasonable environment to choose a startup disk. My mac is the only computer I've ever had that can boot off a clone of my internal disk stored on a USB extrenal disk. This has saved my ass more than once. "Target disk mode" is also reasonably awesome.

sudont 16y ago
Back when I did TA tech teaching there were many, many student movie projects saved due to target disk mode. Too bad that FireWire is depreciated in favor of USB.
- pbhjpbhj 16y ago
  is deprecated | has depreciated ?
  - aberkowitz 16y ago
    Deprecated is past tense so either "was deprecated" or "has been deprecated" works. Can someone, more knowledgeable than I, confirm this?
    - pbhjpbhj 16y ago
      I'm no English major by any stretch, they never teached us grammar at school ;0) My take: Deprecated is also used in computing to refer to the current status of a particular service or part (e.g. of a program or OS). "Parallel port printing is deprecated" means "Parallel port printing is 'no longer going to be supported going forward and likely to be removed completely'". Strictly yes it was deprecated as a completed action in the past but the status is that it is deprecated now.
  - sudont 16y ago
    Present tense indicates hope that Apple will come to their senses. As "It's currently depreciated, but will come back in full force." EDIT: Well, the proper from without using "be" is: Too bad Apple depreciated FireWire in favor of USB.
walkon 16y ago
Booting to a USB drive is something any decent bios has been able to do for the past 5+ years.
- daniel02216 16y ago
  Can stock Windows boot from a USB drive? That'd be super convenient.
  - piguy314 16y ago
    You're confusing the OS and the firmware. The mac OS can't boot from a USB the firmware can. All modern PC firmware/BIOS can and does boot from USB.
  - bostonvaulter2 16y ago
    It just depends on the BIOS. Nothing to do with windows. Virtually all computers sold in the last 5 years or so can boot off of USB drives.

sudont 16y ago

Back when I did TA tech teaching there were many, many student movie projects saved due to target disk mode. Too bad that FireWire is depreciated in favor of USB.

pbhjpbhj 16y ago
is deprecated | has depreciated ?
- aberkowitz 16y ago
  Deprecated is past tense so either "was deprecated" or "has been deprecated" works. Can someone, more knowledgeable than I, confirm this?
  - pbhjpbhj 16y ago
    I'm no English major by any stretch, they never teached us grammar at school ;0) My take: Deprecated is also used in computing to refer to the current status of a particular service or part (e.g. of a program or OS). "Parallel port printing is deprecated" means "Parallel port printing is 'no longer going to be supported going forward and likely to be removed completely'". Strictly yes it was deprecated as a completed action in the past but the status is that it is deprecated now.
- sudont 16y ago
  Present tense indicates hope that Apple will come to their senses. As "It's currently depreciated, but will come back in full force." EDIT: Well, the proper from without using "be" is: Too bad Apple depreciated FireWire in favor of USB.

walkon 16y ago

Booting to a USB drive is something any decent bios has been able to do for the past 5+ years.

daniel02216 16y ago
Can stock Windows boot from a USB drive? That'd be super convenient.
- piguy314 16y ago
  You're confusing the OS and the firmware. The mac OS can't boot from a USB the firmware can. All modern PC firmware/BIOS can and does boot from USB.
- bostonvaulter2 16y ago
  It just depends on the BIOS. Nothing to do with windows. Virtually all computers sold in the last 5 years or so can boot off of USB drives.