All about laptops

Macworld editorial director Jason Snell and senior editor Dan Frakes join Christopher Breen to talk laptops—Apple-branded MacBooks as well as anything-but-Apple HackBooks.

Can an SD card startup disk be used on any Mac? Can an SD card startup disk be used on any Mac? Roman Loyola does a little bit of testing, and finds the answer may be yes.
Create an SD card startup disk for the new MacBook ProsIn this video, senior editor Roman Loyola will show you how to create an SD card startup disk for the 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pros.

Product	Score	Price
13-inch MacBook/2.13GHz	198	$949.95
15-inch MacBook Pro/2.8GHz	260	$2,238.99
15-inch MacBook Pro/2.53GHz	237	$1,678.99
15-inch MacBook Pro/2.66GHz	242	$1,948.99
17-inch MacBook Pro/2.8GHz	256	$2,398.99
MacBook Air/2.13GHz		$1,728.99
MacBook Air/1.86GHz		$1,438.99
13-inch MacBook Pro/2.26GHz	213	$1,169.00
13-inch MacBook Pro/2.53GHz	239	$1,474.00

Product	Score	Price
Mac Pro/Quad-Core Xeon 2.66GHz	348	$2,388.00
Mac Pro/8-Core Xeon 2.26GHz	343
24-inch iMac Core 2 Duo/2.66GHz	270	$1,475.00
24-inch iMac Core 2 Duo/2.93GHz	297	$1,769.00
24-inch iMac Core 2 Duo/3.06GHz	308	$2,183.60
120GB Mac mini Core 2 Duo/2GHz	189	$598.00
20-inch iMac Core 2 Duo/2.66GHz	256	$1,434.12
320GB Mac mini Core 2 Duo/2GHz	202	$798.00

Can an SD card startup disk be used on any Mac? Can an SD card startup disk be used on any Mac? Roman Loyola does a little bit of testing, and finds the answer may be yes.
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