One of the more more interesting, albeit minor, announcements at Macworld was Remote Disc, Apple's method to undermine the need to bundle an optical drive with the Air. To our chagrin, Apple also ...

If you’re like me, you might have felt that Jobsy glossed over the Remote Disc feature while talking about the new MacBook Air. “It’s like having a drive in your MacBook except there’s no drive! Boom!

The MacBook Air doesn't have an optical drive, but it does have a new software feature called Remote Disk. This comes with every MacBook Air and works with both Macs and PCs. Simply install the Remote ...

The MacBook Air ships with software tools that allow users to do without the external drive option for most purposes. Remote Disc, Remote Install, and related technologies that enable the Air to share ...

Although Apple does not explicitly state that the "Remote Disc" function included with the MacBook Air can be used to boot the computer from an optical disc, a guided tour posted on the company's site ...

Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal, one of the lucky few to already have his hands on the optical drive-less MacBook Air, tested the notebook's "Remote Disc" function-- which lets you "borrow" ...

As was first reported by AppleInsider last February, Apple's new MacBook Air lacks a built-in optical disc drive, meaning users will need to perform backups and software installs using two new ...

Since the review went up, a lot of you have e-mailed me asking whether the same would apply to reinstalling the OS over WiFi. After all, if you don't buy the $99 external SuperDrive to go along with ...

I need to install Adobe CS 5 on my Mac Pro, but for some reason the DVD won't even load on my Mac Pro (other DVD/CD-ROMs do, no problem). However, it does load on my co-worker's iMac - I've just ...

Reader Steven Lange loves his new MacBook Air except for one little thing. He writes: I just purchased a MacBook Air and really like it, but I still need to occasionally use DVDs for installing ...

Reader Karen Evans has been thwarted in an attempt to install software on her Mac. She writes: Over the holidays I passed along an old Mac mini to my son. When setting it up I inserted a CD to install ...