On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 12:07 AM, steve jenkin <stevej...@gmail.com> wrote: > erik quanstrom wrote on 2/10/11 1:37 PM: >> it's all block storage. >> > > Nope. > In the same way that RAM is finely differentiated with many > incompatibilities & 'gotchas'. > It's not "all memory". > > Go away and actually *do* the thing you are suggesting, then tell us how > you went. > > Get 3-4 macbooks. Preferably a range of machines: old to new. > Get 8-12 replacement drives, differing ages, capacities and types. > > Do your "just pull the drive out and copy it" multiple times on each > machine. > To be valid, you have to swap drives between machines and have then work > properly. > No cheating, fully reconstruct machines between tests. > Wearing out screws/fittings is a classic weakness on single-assembly > designs. > > Quicker solution: > point us to a web-page where your suggestion is done, even once. > Bonus for a webpage where someone does exactly what you're suggesting, > multiple machines, many drive types. > > -- > Steve Jenkin, Info Tech, Systems and Design Specialist. > 0412 786 915 (+61 412 786 915) > PO Box 48, Kippax ACT 2615, AUSTRALIA > > stevej...@gmail.com http://members.tip.net.au/~sjenkin > > >
you know so much, and yet you failed to read that this is not a mac list.
