Hey,
It's about time I replaced the dying Macbook Pro I've had for 5 years. And I'm about to embark on a 4-month bicycle trip across Central Africa, with a small laptop in tow. The 11" Macbook Air seemed like a great choice for portability and reliability and that good old Mac OS warm fuzzy feeling.
Seemed like it, UNTIL I just discovered it's impossible to restore Lion without an internet connection??? Can it really be true? The whole reason I am taking an entire laptop, rather that just a tablet like an iPad, is so that I can solve software issues should they arise. All the way up to fresh OS installation if necessary. (well plus a few other advantages like useability..)
Internet access is sparse and slow in Central Africa. Even in the cities, I'll be glad to be able to upload a few low res photos and blog entries, probably not much video to speak of. Downloading a hefty 4GB chunk of OS will, in the vast majority of places, likely be out of the question.
Does this mean I have to give up on taking an Apple computer with me? Sorry but I will sacrifice all the great things I know and love, that make Macs so much better than PC's, if I won't be able to service the darn thing should some problem arise.
Anyways, that's ridiculous, if it's really the case. Someone tell me it ain't so. lol. I was about to buy one.
Help?
It's about time I replaced the dying Macbook Pro I've had for 5 years. And I'm about to embark on a 4-month bicycle trip across Central Africa, with a small laptop in tow. The 11" Macbook Air seemed like a great choice for portability and reliability and that good old Mac OS warm fuzzy feeling.
Seemed like it, UNTIL I just discovered it's impossible to restore Lion without an internet connection??? Can it really be true? The whole reason I am taking an entire laptop, rather that just a tablet like an iPad, is so that I can solve software issues should they arise. All the way up to fresh OS installation if necessary. (well plus a few other advantages like useability..)
Internet access is sparse and slow in Central Africa. Even in the cities, I'll be glad to be able to upload a few low res photos and blog entries, probably not much video to speak of. Downloading a hefty 4GB chunk of OS will, in the vast majority of places, likely be out of the question.
Does this mean I have to give up on taking an Apple computer with me? Sorry but I will sacrifice all the great things I know and love, that make Macs so much better than PC's, if I won't be able to service the darn thing should some problem arise.
Anyways, that's ridiculous, if it's really the case. Someone tell me it ain't so. lol. I was about to buy one.
Help?