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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 pavlov »

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).

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

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Post by drewcrawford »

lysol wrote: post #9
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

Yeah but typically you can grab a disk and do a clean install from 10.0 to 10.5. He's saying that now you have to do a clean install from a disk to get to 10.5, and then MAS 10.5->10.6, which is more work.

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

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Post by ugh »

furyg3 wrote: post #7

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

“You bring your Mac to the Apple Store!” is probably the answer Apple would give you.

There might also be a way for you to put the installer on some drive. (There currently is one with the Developers Preview. It works just like the dmgs of older OS X discs and you can find it inside the App bundle of the installer you download in the App Store.)

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Post by ugh »

d3fun wrote: post #11
furyg3 wrote: post #7

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

It tied to your apple account . You can login into app store and install it without having to pay again just like how the current app store works with other apps.

Replacement harddrives tend to be empty.

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

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Post by rauljara »

furyg3 wrote: post #7

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

Interesting question. If you could get the app-store on your computer, you could just redownload the OS (buy once, install on any number of computers). But how do you get the app store on your fresh hard drive? A time machine restore would work, but what if you had no time machine... I wonder if apple will let you burn a dvd with the os once you purchase it. I am worried they might force you to go to an apple store (which would suck if you weren't near one), but who knows. If they don't offer a reasonable solution right now, I suspect they will have to offer one in the near future by force of customer outrage.
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