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Lion should really be on a disc

After reading at several places about Lion OS is available only on App store , I have found people are talking considerably about
  • Making own DVD
  • Extracting Installer from App store and then distributing
  • Posting links of articles about extracting apps downloaded from Mac App store

I think Apple is indirectly forcing people to bypass official approach and making them aware that there are alternative available for them ....



With both App store download and DVD set , people would have both option to choose their next OS
 
Jolly Jimmy said:
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.
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And some people have to drive to get it and even pay more, What about them? Digital downloads put the OS in way more user hands and that's what matters. It also reduce the price. 'completely oblivious to the outside world' … give me a break.
 
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So what happens when macs come with lion pre installed with lion .... Would there be no back up disc or USB drive provided???? Or will macs never come with lion ?? lol
 
Žalgiris said:
And some people have to drive to get it and even pay more, What about them? Digital downloads put the OS in way more user hands and that's what matters. It also reduce the price. 'completely oblivious to the outside world' … give me a break.
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so why not give people an option ?

cheaper price if you download it
more expensive to have a dvd

everyone is then happy
 
zombierunner said:
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So what happens when macs come with lion pre installed with lion .... Would there be no back up disc or USB drive provided???? Or will macs never come with lion ?? lol
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they come with a recovery partition that you can boot from to fix problem (similar to what some windows machines have been doing for years)
 
Sounds about right to me. On the one hand we have a whole bunch of people for who there clearly is a problem, and on the other you saying "This is not a problem".
 
Žalgiris said:
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.
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Wow. Can I just suggest you read this thread over? No? Ok, I'll spell it out for you.

It's not about speed, even though I get 10 kilobytes per second at best.

I get only 2500MB per month for $100. See the problem here?
 
MacinJosh said:
Wow. Can I just suggest you read this thread over? No? Ok, I'll spell it out for you.

It's not about speed, even though I get 10 kilobytes per second at best.

I get only 2500MB per month for $100. See the problem here?
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This is exactly the kind of situation I'm talking about. Still think it's a non issue Žalgiris?
 
Žalgiris said:
Because it doesn't make sense for Apple. I bet 99% of Lion copies will be sold through App Store.
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should be 100% as there are no other options

be interested what the take up rate is, if most people on SL do upgrade then fair enough I will have to think whether to upgrade or not

I am waiting it out to se if other options become available
 
same as many other here

slow internet
capped also

no options to get anything faster

I could drive to the nearest apple store and install it from the dvd (300 mile round trip) quicker than i could download it
 
yjchua95 said:
Then I'll take it as a yes. At least I don't have to pay another 30 bucks to install it on another Mac.
Apple, apple...this is encouraging software distribution without charging extra I guess.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
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In theory yes.
Since it is yet to be released we still don't know exactly how it is going to work.
 
paulsalter said:
I could drive to the nearest apple store and install it from the dvd (300 mile round trip) quicker than i could download it
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Same here, but I would have to fly to Australia from Papua New Guinea. Steep price. Sure, I could have someone send it to me but third-world postal service is unreliable at best. DHL shipping would cost more than Lion itself.

But no worries mates! Our Lithuainian friend here says that it's a non-issue and we should stop complaining. I guess he will work things out for us. He seems to be such a nice guy...
 
MacinJosh said:
Same here, but I would have to fly to Australia from Papua New Guinea. Steep price. Sure, I could have someone send it to me but third-world postal service is unreliable at best. DHL shipping would cost more than Lion itself.

But no worries mates! Our Lithuainian friend here says that it's a non-issue and we should stop complaining. I guess he will work things out for us. He seems to be such a nice guy...
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lol, that makes my situation feel very minor, that would suck having to do a trip like that (but for me in uk, sounds like it could be combined with a nice holiday)
 
paulsalter said:
they come with a recovery partition that you can boot from to fix problem (similar to what some windows machines have been doing for years)
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Windows machines you can install the OS without the need to download . Restoring Lion from the recovery partition it needs to download. Apple assume everyone has big data caps and fasts speed internet.
 
BlackMangoTree said:
Windows machines you can install the OS without the need to download . Restoring Lion from the recovery partition it needs to download. Apple assume everyone has big data caps and fasts speed internet.
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sorry, might have been my bad wording

I was meaning after its downloaded it creates a recovery partition, or does it need to download again if you use the recovery tool :confused:

I agree on last point, i have slow, capped broadband, so none of this is very practical, hoping for a decent solution from apple in the future
 
paulsalter said:
sorry, might have been my bad wording

I was meaning after its downloaded it creates a recovery partition, or does it need to download again if you use the recovery tool :confused:

I agree on last point, i have slow, capped broadband, so none of this is very practical, hoping for a decent solution from apple in the future
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Yes, it needs to re-download if you use the recovery partition, thats how Lion DP4 works at least. IMO it's such a silly idea, why not just give users an option to burn it to DVD officially. Most people wouldn't have a clue how to burn it to dvd otherwise.
 
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