Intel macs definately can boot from usb. I cloned my osx partition and can boot off of it from reFIT. I've never tried to boot anything off a thumb drive, nor have I tried to boot BT from usb...

Hey, thanks for the tutorial. I'm still a little wary about installing... a few reservations:

What's the status on various trivial niceties? e.g. brightness control, sleep, etc.
Does the...