Installing software over network

[MarkW19]

I'm hoping to get an ultra-slim Macbook if Apple release one on Tuesday, which is rumoured to have no internal optical drive.

So, I was wondering if it was possible to install from a CD/DVD (Logic Studio, mainly) from my desktop Mac, but installing onto my Macbook's HD over the wifi network? Is this possible? Basically using my Mac's DVD drive and selecting my Macbook's HD as the source drive? Just trying to avoid having to buy the external CD/DVD drive, as I'll have no use for it but to do one-off installs of applications!

Thanks.

 

[notengolegs]

Just put the CD/DVD into your MacBook and put it in target disk mode. Connect that via firewire to your new computer and there you have it, your own "external optical drive."

 

[MarkW19]

D'oh, didn't think of that!

So an installer will see a target-mode drive to install on?

 

[jsw]

I am absolutely certain any internal-optical-less Mac will come with an external optical drive, included in the price. Also, installing via target mode won't install the proper prefs files in the "right" place - it'll put them on the host machine, not the target-mode one.