Originally Posted by Superkid11
I found out that there's an Apple Retail store at the Florida Mall. Apparently it is actually a reasonable distansce, around a half hour drive there. I'm going to pick up the iMac there the day I get it, I don't want to have to wait for it at home.  Plus we can ask the guys at the Genius bar if adding RAM ourselves voids the warrenty, if only to put my dad's mind at ease.
Plus road trips are always fun.  |
Indeed.
Originally Posted by Superkid11
... also, about Time Machine... does the External HD keep stuff that it has on it before it became the Time Machine HD? I have... things on it that it would suck if it all got wiped out.
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In my opinion, you should have a dedicated Time Machine backup hard drive. However the answer to your question is no, Time Machine does not require exclusive access to the drive. Until I can buy a new hard drive, I am using my 320 GB data drive to double as a Time Machine backup drive. So no, it will not erase any existing content. However I would again like to stress that you should consider getting a
dedicated drive for Time Machine at some point soon, if you can.
Originally Posted by Superkid11
Also, even though Macs are secure enough on their own for now, there's no way to tell if they'll stay that way. They are entering the mainstream a little more, so there's bound to be some viruses that can sneak past it. I'm gonna use this open source scanner called ClaimXav.
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It's not just due to market share -- it's also due to the Unix underpinnings of the OS. It
will remain much more stable and secure than Windows for a long time to come. I definitely think any kind of antivirus software is dramatic overkill, but good luck with it anyway.