the new Apple iMac

From: John Ruschmeyer <jruschme_at_exit109.com>
Date: Fri May 8 20:06:02 1998

Jack Peacock wrote:
>
> If this new Mac has no removeable media, what happens when the hard
> drive breaks? How do you re-install the OS? Off the net? Catch-22, OS
> isn't running, no TCP/IP stack. Off the USB? OK, then the boot ROM
> supports bootable media from the USB?

Bootable CD-ROM, of course, which Macs have had for a while.

I presume the system, like the Performas et al., will come with a
bootable
CD which can be used to restore the system to "factory" condition.

<<<john>>>
Received on Fri May 08 1998 - 20:06:02 BST