OT: Mac OS X and USB Boot

[djgoku]

On 8/1/07, Jack <quiet_celt at yahoo.com> wrote:
> My HP laptop supports booting from a USB memory stick,
> or USB Disk/CD/DVD.
> Unfortunately the internal hard drive in now in the
> freezer and I'm waiting for a new one from someone who
> hopefully speaks understandable English. Sadly tough,
> they don't seem to want me to bill them for the time
> it will take me to install the "original factory
> settings" on the new completely bare disk that might
> arrive tomorrow. Or might not. though they do seem to
> have good response time. Funny I had no problems with
> the disk until they fixed the power connector. :'/
>
> So maybe you should look at PCs instead of Macs, and
> beware HP technicians working on your PC?

It wasn't really that I wanted to boot to a USB hard drive, is it
possible to. I have a Firewire that boots nicely with the Mac Mini. I
really like Mac OS X, so I don't think I will by a PC for a desktop.

Jonathan