Apparently Macbook Pro's only last 2.5 years
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I deal with this crap every day. I'm sure lots of my vendors hate it when I call.
Came in about $430. Have it plugged into wired gigabit ethernet to do a Time Machine restore. Will see how that works... I've used it to restore files before, but never the entire system. Current estimated time to completion is over 5 hours and rising..... 
I think I was using ~400gb of space.
I think I was using ~400gb of space.
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Restore done in right about 3 hours. I really do like Apple's backup/restore functionality. Really destroys the built in Windows backup functionality. Basically everything is back like it was before I wiped it. I just had to tweak a couple settings.
So you've never done a restore of a system image on Windows 7 or later then, because it does exactly the same thing.
Wrong on so many levels.So you've never done a restore of a system image on Windows 7 or later then, because it does exactly the same thing.
Like I said, talking out your ass about things you have no experience at all with.
Yes, you are talking out of your ass about things you have no experience at all with.Like I said, talking out your ass about things you have no experience at all with.
Time Machine > Windows System Image on many levels
1. Incremental backups with file revisions
2. Built in support for restoring entire system from NAS (Time Capsule)
3. Can actually handle restoring to a different system
4. Can actually handle image with multiple drives
Oh... and my favorite part. It actually works when you need it. I've had multiple situations where the Windows system image was basically not usable.
It is a very good thing that your employer has you in programming instead of supporting Windows servers and workstations.
[Will]BOO HOO I CANT FIGURE OUT SOMETHING SO I SAY IT SUCKS AND DOESNT WORK FOR ANYBODY
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Has nothing to do with figuring anything out. I use both and Time Machine beats Windows Backup hands down. The way Time Machine does incremental backups beats the way Windows handles them both in terms of managing space and in terms of browsing the files. Likewise the ability to restore the entire system (even to a new system) over the network is better than the Windows capabilities if for no other reason than not even needing a disk or USB boot drive to accomplish it.
edit: Another win for Apple is the ability to restore individual applications from the backup. That's a combination of the incremental backup capabilities and the OS design.
edit: Another win for Apple is the ability to restore individual applications from the backup. That's a combination of the incremental backup capabilities and the OS design.
Pot meet Kettle..[Will]BOO HOO I CANT FIGURE OUT SOMETHING SO I SAY IT SUCKS AND DOESNT WORK FOR ANYBODY
What you both fail to grasp is that nowhere in this thread did I say or imply that OSX's backup and restore capabilities sucked. That's just your Apple fanboy kneejerk kicking in.Pot meet Kettle..
Will stated that he was thrilled with how the backup restore went on his Mac and then implied that the same capability was nonexistent on Windows. I was just correcting that flat out wrong assertion.
I fully agree that the Time Machine features and options are superior to the stock Windows capabilities.
by "capability" I mean "restoring from a backup image just the way you had it before"
Funny that something that "just works" needs to ever be repaired and/or restored from a backup.Time Machine > Windows Backup
