What's the next generation install media?

Your getting WAYY caught up in details, and basically stopped discussing this. The process you explain above is EXPENSIVE. this has been my point, regardless of what you call the specific burn process. (hey if you wanna call it stamped, ok, go for it, but im still ganna continue to say BURNED) why? becuase I like the term. just like motherboards are actually 'stamped' but I say 'made' cause thats just how I roll.

part of discussing is acknoleging valid points. and if no points are made? well, then you get what's written above. describing a very resource consuming and expensive burning process, referred to as 'stamped'.

to sum up my points:

burning media = expensive, getting more so with each new media
SSD = cheap, getting cheaper with every passing day

where is the detatchment?

AND the longest post goes to... <drumroll>

Hm, I wonder how Apple is going to handle this. They develop the Macbook Air and want everybody to upgrade to Snow Leopard, yet AFAIK, they don't do the "download upgrade" thing MS does, so are the MBA owners going to be forced to install using a remote computer and "netbooting"? There hasn't been an OS X upgrade since its release, so it's new territory.

Netbooting seems too clunky for Apple (what if that somebody's only computer?), but the only other solution I know of would be for Apple to offer it on a flash drive.

Mercurial said:

2.3gb/1.4mb = number of floopydisks lol ;D

You kid, but I remember having 15 floppy disks to install a single program for a freaking PDA not so long ago.

ciphernemo said:

HAHAHA, ROFLOL! Nice way to cover up naiveness.

So were resorting to name calling now? I have a few that come to mind. You really need to rethink your social skills dude