Mac OS X Lion: Coming In July For $29

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Post by sandipc » Mon, Jun 06, 2011, 5:49 PM UTC

Mac OS X Lion: Coming In July For $29
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Re: Mac OS X Lion: Coming In July For $29

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Post by jevinskie » Mon, Jun 06, 2011, 6:04 PM UTC

It will be interesting to see how the OS installs over itself now that it is being distributed through the app store. I wonder if they will create a new partition with the installer and reboot into it.

Re: Mac OS X Lion: Coming In July For $29

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Post by koenigdavidmj » Mon, Jun 06, 2011, 6:05 PM UTC

I wonder how much of a wrench in the works that will be for Hackintosh people.

Re: Mac OS X Lion: Coming In July For $29

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Post by config_yml » Mon, Jun 06, 2011, 6:05 PM UTC

It's only available through the Mac App Store. So how can people upgrade from 10.5 without going the extra step to 10.6, which is required for the app store?

Re: Mac OS X Lion: Coming In July For $29

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Post by adamesque » Mon, Jun 06, 2011, 6:05 PM UTC

jevinskie wrote: post #2

It will be interesting to see how the OS installs over itself now that it is being distributed through the app store. I wonder if they will create a new partition with the installer and reboot into it.

Supposedly there are no reboots. No idea how they're managing that.

Re: Mac OS X Lion: Coming In July For $29

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Post by drewcrawford » Mon, Jun 06, 2011, 6:06 PM UTC

jevinskie wrote: post #2

It will be interesting to see how the OS installs over itself now that it is being distributed through the app store. I wonder if they will create a new partition with the installer and reboot into it.

According to [1], Phil Schiller said "no reboots". Any idea how that is accomplished, or was it a misstatement?

[1] http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/06/wwdc-2011-liveblog-steve-..., Ctrl+F for "reboots"

Re: Mac OS X Lion: Coming In July For $29

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Post by furyg3 » Mon, Jun 06, 2011, 6:06 PM UTC

Hmm... so what happens if my hard drive crashes and I replace it myself?

Re: Mac OS X Lion: Coming In July For $29

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Post by mark_l_watson » Mon, Jun 06, 2011, 6:06 PM UTC

The download only distribution will be a nuisance for 64G SSD MacBook Airs like my wife's laptop. She often only has 5 or 10 GB of free disk space.

Re: Mac OS X Lion: Coming In July For $29

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Post by lysol » Mon, Jun 06, 2011, 6:07 PM UTC

config_yml wrote: post #4

It's only available through the Mac App Store. So how can people upgrade from 10.5 without going the extra step to 10.6, which is required for the app store?

Can't you typically only upgrade to the next revision up? e.g. 10.5 to 10.6

Re: Mac OS X Lion: Coming In July For $29

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Post by fletchowns » Mon, Jun 06, 2011, 6:08 PM UTC

adamesque wrote: post #5

jevinskie wrote: post #2

It will be interesting to see how the OS installs over itself now that it is being distributed through the app store. I wonder if they will create a new partition with the installer and reboot into it.

Supposedly there are no reboots. No idea how they're managing that.

Maybe something Ksplice like?

http://www.ksplice.com/