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Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive

From nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive
Date 2014-03-05 16:54 -0500
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <050320141654427492%nospam@nospam.invalid> (permalink)
References (5 earlier) <040320141820523841%nospam@nospam.invalid> <x67g89o2bw.fsf@ethel.the.log> <bnoun9FofvfU4@mid.individual.net> <050320141051380474%nospam@nospam.invalid> <riwqg8a0tl.fsf@ethel.the.log>

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In article <riwqg8a0tl.fsf@ethel.the.log>, Doug Anderson
<ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > If you don't have a stick, then I agree you should purchase the largest
> > > size you can afford. I see Kingston DataTravelers have come way down in
> > > price since I purchased mine. Amazon has the SE9 model at these
> > > price/size combinations at the moment:
> > > 
> > > 8GB for $5.95: 
> > > 16GB for $9.95:
> > 
> > *that* is my point. 
> > the price is too close to bother with 8 gig anymore.
> 
> So if the poster had asked "what is the most cost effective size of
> usb stick right now?" you could have defended the 16GB answer.

does someone need to explicitly spell things out for you? he obviously
wanted to buy a stick, otherwise why ask. if he had a bunch of sticks
in a drawer, he could easily try one and see what worked.

> If the poster asked "how big a USB stick do you need to use as a Mavericks
> installer," the answer is clearly 8GB.
> 
> Your inability to acknowledge that is a pathology.      

the only inability here is your inability to comprehend what i
originally wrote, where i specifically said it might fit on an 8 but
that there's no point in bothering with 8 anymore because the price
difference is negligible. a 16 can be used for many more things after
the install is done than an 8 would. there's no point in buying an 8.

why is this concept lost on people? think long term solutions for a
change.

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Installing Mavericks from thumb drive "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2014-03-04 21:49 +0000
  Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-04 17:01 -0500
    Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-03-04 22:52 +0000
      Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-04 18:07 -0500
        Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2014-03-04 15:14 -0800
          Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-04 18:20 -0500
            Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2014-03-04 17:34 -0800
              Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-04 22:33 -0500
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-03-05 05:19 +0000
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-05 00:32 -0500
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-03-09 20:23 +1100
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-09 17:49 +0000
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-03-11 11:03 +1100
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-05 05:57 +0000
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-05 15:40 +0000
              Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-05 15:38 +0000
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-05 10:51 -0500
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2014-03-05 11:43 -0800
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-05 16:54 -0500
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-05 22:31 +0000
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-05 22:38 +0000
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-03-06 21:46 +1100
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-06 18:14 +0000
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-06 08:25 -0500
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-06 08:28 -0500
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-06 18:10 +0000
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2014-03-06 22:54 +0000
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-06 18:12 -0500
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2014-03-06 16:07 -0800
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-07 02:34 +0000
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-07 07:48 -0500
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-07 17:45 -0500
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-07 18:07 -0500
                Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive cb <cb@aol.com> - 2014-03-20 18:21 +0100
          Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-05 15:25 +0000
        Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-04 19:36 -0500
      Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-05 15:25 +0000
    Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2014-03-06 00:06 +0000
  Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-04 22:18 +0000
    Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2014-03-06 00:36 +0000
    Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Kaltsas, Alexander G <macdude22@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-07 09:15 -0600
      Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2014-03-07 07:31 -0800
        Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-07 15:39 +0000
  Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-04 17:21 -0500
  Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-04 23:27 +0000
  Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive "Mr. Strat" <mrstrat@nospam.gmail.com> - 2014-03-05 06:10 -0800
    Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-05 09:26 -0500
    Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Kaltsas, Alexander G <macdude22@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-07 09:16 -0600
      Re: Installing Mavericks from thumb drive Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-03-08 11:30 -0800

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