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Lion should really be on a disc
- Thread starter NoSmokingBandit
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Where I live, I only got 470 KB/s at most.
It would be better to replace the DVD with a USB flash disk and also have the Mac App Store Version.
So your saying Apple shouldn't sell Lion DVD? Instead they should sell a bootable USB stick with Lion and you use to boot up with that?
Sounds good to me. I'd go with that too.
Where I live, I only got 470 KB/s at most.
so you can download it in 2.5 hours!
Where I live, I only get 30KB/s at most.
I can download it in 37 hours! [again: THIRTY SEVEN HOURS!!!]
Plus, I have a bandwidth limit of 3GB download per month! (at a monthly fee of 30$)
and further upgrades are jokes...
so, is Apple really making this easier/cheaper for us third-world country customers? I don't think so...
What I would do is clone the Lion installation file into my 8GB USB. It will be all good.
But no I don't agree with you. Disc is OVER, we should move on!!
But no I don't agree with you. Disc is OVER, we should move on!!
DVD's are relegated to the past for installs. They will go the way of the mini-USB thing that comes with the Macbook Air ( if they supply it physically at all ).
problem solved....make your own thumbdrive install version from lion.dmg
if you don't know how this site explains
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/11807/os-x-lion-convert-os-x-lion-dmg-installer-to-a-bootable-usb-thumbdrive-install-without-an-optical-drive/
if you don't know how this site explains
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/11807/os-x-lion-convert-os-x-lion-dmg-installer-to-a-bootable-usb-thumbdrive-install-without-an-optical-drive/
There is no need for discs for Lion.
Under "Internet Restore and Utilities"
"OS X Lion includes a built-in restore partition, allowing you to repair or reinstall OS X without the need for discs."
"OS X can be reinstalled on your Mac from recovery mode."
Link: http://www.apple.com/macosx/whats-new/features.html
Under "Internet Restore and Utilities"
"OS X Lion includes a built-in restore partition, allowing you to repair or reinstall OS X without the need for discs."
"OS X can be reinstalled on your Mac from recovery mode."
Link: http://www.apple.com/macosx/whats-new/features.html
That's all fine and dandy. Reality is though, that Hard Drives fail. I'm waiting for my third HD to ship for this MacBook. Two HDs died on this MB alone in less than 2 years. Numerous others in the past 20 years. Search my previous posts. It's an all-too-common problem for me and no "Restore Partition" is going to help me one bit. Unless that partition is on a mini 8GB SSD built into the logic board on every new mac. Now there's an idea...
Jesus christ …
For people that don't understand this they will just download from the app store and open damn app, hit the install and that's all.
if you want your precious DVD disk open the download applications (show package contents) and look for a very big dmg file (almost 4 GB in size).
THAT IS YOUR NORMAL BOOTABLE LION IMAGE THAT CAN BE BURNED WITH DISK UTILITY OR RESTORED TO A FLASH DRIVE, SD CARD OR HDD WITH THE SAME DISK UTILITY.
Can we please stop the useless whining now?
For people that don't understand this they will just download from the app store and open damn app, hit the install and that's all.
if you want your precious DVD disk open the download applications (show package contents) and look for a very big dmg file (almost 4 GB in size).
THAT IS YOUR NORMAL BOOTABLE LION IMAGE THAT CAN BE BURNED WITH DISK UTILITY OR RESTORED TO A FLASH DRIVE, SD CARD OR HDD WITH THE SAME DISK UTILITY.
Can we please stop the useless whining now?
No, can YOU be a little more understanding for people that will have problems downloading it?? Sure, we're a minority but in this day and age of so-called tolerance, why should we be left behind?
Exactly, there's a fine display of ignorance in this thread as to the quality of people's internet connections around the world. Some people have ultra fast unlimited connections, many others have ultra shi**y connections with a cap that a 4GB download does not go down well with.
Overheating
Truth to be told, I'm wondering how am I gonna upgrade to Lion without a disc.
Is it okay to leave my 15" MbP 8,2 on for over 24 hours? I'm worried about overheating and I wouldn't want a US$4000 laptop to just blow up.
And is it possible to burn Lion into a USB or DVD?
Thanks.
MbP 8,2 15", 2.3Ghz i7, 8GB DDR3 1333Mhz RAM, 1GB AMD HD6750M + 512MB Intel HD 3000, Apple 512GB SSD
Truth to be told, I'm wondering how am I gonna upgrade to Lion without a disc.
Is it okay to leave my 15" MbP 8,2 on for over 24 hours? I'm worried about overheating and I wouldn't want a US$4000 laptop to just blow up.
And is it possible to burn Lion into a USB or DVD?
Thanks.
MbP 8,2 15", 2.3Ghz i7, 8GB DDR3 1333Mhz RAM, 1GB AMD HD6750M + 512MB Intel HD 3000, Apple 512GB SSD
No i can't, because it doesn't make sense at all. 5 years ago best i could get was Edge where i live. It's ~30 KB/s. I managed to download linux dvd images 3-4 GB in size, games and so on. Are you in hurry that it's a problem? Anyone with at least 2-3 Mbps internet will be just fine.
I also would like many things to go different way, but i too often am in the minority so i shut up, stop wasting my time, because i know it's useless.
In this case it's even a non-issue.
And my internet sucks too.
For Snow Leopard i had to drive 50 km to buy it and when it was 29 USD in US i payed more like 45 USD here. So i payed more + gas + time wasted (while it's downloading i can do other things, while i drive i can't).
And i didn't say a word that it's inconvenient for me.
Now it's your turn to feel inconvenience. That's just life. Suck it up and move on.
Because this option was unavailable at that time. My village is not that advanced as yours in this respect.
I was happy to get it.
But then will it have any serious consequences to my MbP? I don't want US$4000 to just go up in smoke.
My MacBook is coming onto 4 years old, it is often left on permanently, still working as well as it ever did
My internet connection is OK. I just happen to not be completely oblivious to the outside world. Some people's connections are capped at less than 4GB, it's not even a question of how long the download will take.
You can leave it on 24/7/365 if you want with no serious risk of damage to the system. I have left my MacBook on virtually all the time over the past 3 years and it still runs great. Pretty much the only time it is off is when I am traveling with it.
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We Gould be able to buy Lipn on the app store and (easily) put the image on a flash drive. 4GB flash drives can be had for $15 in retail stores and even less online. That would fix the issue and allow customers to have a somewhat hard copy of Lion.
We Gould be able to buy Lipn on the app store and (easily) put the image on a flash drive. 4GB flash drives can be had for $15 in retail stores and even less online. That would fix the issue and allow customers to have a somewhat hard copy of Lion.