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Lion should really be on a disc

I'm just curious as to how well Apples servers are going to hold out on day one. I mean there's always big issues just doing iPhone activations for at least the first day (maybe that's just the mobile providers systems though?).

With however many thousands (or maybe even millions?) downloading their 4Gb copy of Lion on day one - it's gonna be interesting!
 
One interesting thing: Even if you are installing from an external hard drive it will create a boot partition on the same disk you are installing to and install from that.

Found that out when I accidentally ripped out the cord of the external hard drive I installed from. (Another hint was that I couldn't do disk repairs on it).
 
:)

oh well... not as bad as it seemed after all...

But hey, we all 'make the best of a bad situation' even at the best of times.
 
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Thats what you guys are here for.... right ? to take the rap for me when I don't have to :)

It'll probably be few weeks anyway before i decide to install Lion... as I've got allot to ATV stuff to do.

Maybe sooner .... but hopefully later.
 
kule said:
I'm just curious as to how well Apples servers are going to hold out on day one. I mean there's always big issues just doing iPhone activations for at least the first day (maybe that's just the mobile providers systems though?).

With however many thousands (or maybe even millions?) downloading their 4Gb copy of Lion on day one - it's gonna be interesting!
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For occasions like these they rent servers from Akamai, a company specialized in high-volume hosting solutions.
 
More traffic to their Apple Stores so the Geniuses will be even more busy.
You go there to get something fixed, and alway get out buying something extra.

What will happen with the Hardware test that used to be in the discs?

How is the Hardware Test done in a MacBook Air?

So, Lion is an incremental update to Snow Leopard?

I do also prefer to have an independent way to installing Lion.
 
You can either fresh install through boot holding alt down, this gives time machine etc and the option to WiFi a new Lion, or alternatively use the boot file, there are threads showing it's location following install of Lion or download a torrent DMG and use that as your boot, you could burn it to a DVD or even easier, put it on a flash drive if you want a non WiFi boot.

The new method has all the original means of booting OSx's plus the new WiFi method, you just have to do a bit of burning/file transfer to have the physical version.

I installed Lion straight from DMG in SnowLeopard, after 8 mins of configuration, reboot, 20 mins later booted into Lion.

As long as you backup through TimeMachine (files not the OS) you can slide back to an alternate OS through a full format through Utilities and TimeMachine restore using the Flashstick/DVD of your old boot OS. If you have a pretty full hard drive the TimeMachine option would take a few hours, but in the end you can always get back to the start.
 
McGiord said:
More traffic to their Apple Stores so the Geniuses will be even more busy.
You go there to get something fixed, and alway get out buying something extra.

What will happen with the Hardware test that used to be in the discs?

How is the Hardware Test done in a MacBook Air?

So, Lion is an incremental update to Snow Leopard?

I do also prefer to have an independent way to installing Lion.
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Just start up holding the T key. It will load without the disc, even on my MBP which has an optical drive, so I think it would work for all modern Macs, not just MBAs. I think I was told it's built into the BIOS, but I don't know if that's right. Somehow it loads without accessing the hard drive I guess. But however it works, I can confirm it works without the disc.
 
McGiord said:
What will happen with the Hardware test that used to be in the discs?

How is the Hardware Test done in a MacBook Air?
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It's built into the Boot Partition now. Start up holding the D key; Voila, Apple Hardware Test.
 
Each time it looks more and more like I will have to throw away all the Apple-related stuff I have bought over the years.
 
Now that I'm using Snow Leopard, should I upgrade to Lion? How is it better than SL (apart from Launchpad and Mission Control)? I would appreciate it if you guys would let me know.
I use my MbP mainly for photo/video editing and graphic-intensive tasks.
 
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