This is in the users manual, by the way, on page 46. It looks like that there is an included application to do just this called: “Remote Install Mac OS X”. Thank you, Quicksilver, for making my search for this application that much quicker.

Very Important (and the mistake I made twice): DO NOT try to run the Mac OS X Install Disc 1 through Remote Disc. This is not the right way to reinstall Leopard on your MacBook Air. You’ll just keep putting in your password and restarting your computer wondering why nothing is happening.

It’s taking a ridiculously long time for my MacBook Pro at the “Waiting for MacBook Air to start up…” dialog box, which is highly discouraging. I even bought the Ethernet dongle so that this process would be made at least fast as if I had a USB external DVD drive (Gigabit ethernet isn’t the bottleneck (1 Gbps), it’s the USB 2.0 (480 Mbps)).

Oh. It’s done. Time to go nuts and reformat the thing.

And yes, I’ll start blogging again soon. That’s one of the many reasons why I bought this thing to begin with. Now… if it’ll work as it should, I’ll be very very very happy.

Sidenote: I love Time Machine. It’s just the restoring part that’s a little painful and untrustworthy. Time to do what I do best: Go and bring a machine back to its awesome state after a reformat (in this case, a new purchase).

Another Sidenote: I haven’t posted on the blog using the actual WordPress interface for a while. Doesn’t seem to shabby, but I still prefer the TextMate bundle.

A Third Sidenote:Â WordPress on Safari doesn’t like to retain html tags in the visual edit mode. That’s why the post before without paragraph tags. What’s the deal…