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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 sledmonkey »

natesm wrote: post #28
varikin wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Restore with your current restore DVD/flash drive first then reinstall to Lion. I assume new computers will still come with the restore DVD or flash drive in the case of the Air. Sounds like the starting point to me.

In my case that is a Snow Leopard disk (my MBP came with Leopard). So I have to install Snow Leopard, download and update to 10.6.7(?), and then download Lion? That's a pretty horrible user experience.

Devils advocate, is it much more of a step then downloading all the other software updates that have been released since you acquired your disc?

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

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Post by ugh »

MediaBehavior wrote: post #25
ugh wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Replacement harddrives tend to be empty.

I know not everybody has an external case, but many of those who replace own HDs do. They can (as I do): Use Carbon Copy Cloner to backup / prepare for system upgrade.

Sure, that’s when you have a working and bootable backup. If you don’t (for example because you are using Time Machine) it’s not really clear what you do.

I think Apple has thought of some solution, we just don’t know it yet. It’s an interesting question.

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

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Post by minalecs »

koenigdavidmj wrote: post #3

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

If you install a valid registered copy of the OS on the hardware, I imagine none. For the people that obtain the OS through not so legal means, then I imagine they'll still be able to get around it as most application on the appstore are obtainable through other means.

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

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Post by noarchy »

pavlov wrote: post #12
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?

Presumably Apple thinks they should get Lion preinstalled on a new Mac, since 10.5 users are due for a hardware upgrade anyway (from Apple's point of view).

I'm sure that their sales team wants people to think that, regarding hardware ;)

On the other hand, regarding jumping from 10.5 to 10.7: would this require the purchase of a Snow Leopard DVD, so that 10.6 would be covered in-between? I'd be curious to know.

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

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Post by Steko »

natesm wrote: post #28
varikin wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Restore with your current restore DVD/flash drive first then reinstall to Lion. I assume new computers will still come with the restore DVD or flash drive in the case of the Air. Sounds like the starting point to me.

In my case that is a Snow Leopard disk (my MBP came with Leopard). So I have to install Snow Leopard, download and update to 10.6.7(?), and then download Lion? That's a pretty horrible user experience.

Pretty horrible experience for a tiny minority and a great experience for the majority. Sounds like Apple.

I'm sure Macs without floppy drives were a terrible experience for people that relied on floppies.

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

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Post by garyrichardson »

natesm wrote: post #28
varikin wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Restore with your current restore DVD/flash drive first then reinstall to Lion. I assume new computers will still come with the restore DVD or flash drive in the case of the Air. Sounds like the starting point to me.

In my case that is a Snow Leopard disk (my MBP came with Leopard). So I have to install Snow Leopard, download and update to 10.6.7(?), and then download Lion? That's a pretty horrible user experience.

Or just restore your time machine backup. I've done that across several macs for hard drives/dead boards/etc, as well as just straight upgrades. I'm still running on my original Tiger install from 2005 or 2006 (whenever it came out). It's been upgraded along the way.
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