why i need buy Mountain Lion

[Kuwait]

i bought new macbook pro when i go to store to download Mountain Lion i see must buy it it is no free for my mac I think that all of Buy Mac in 2012 can get a free system Mountain Lion ?

 

[rocknblogger]

i bought new macbook pro when i go to store to download Mountain Lion i see must buy it it is no free for my mac I think that all of Buy Mac in 2012 can get a free system Mountain Lion ?

Did you buy the MacBook new or was it used? Did you buy from Apple or an authorized dealer?

 

[Sky Blue]

If you bought a new Mac, it'll have Mountain Lion on it.

 

[Kuwait]

rocknblogger and Sky Blue i bought macbook pro new not used from store authorized dealer we have not apple store in kuwait and my system in new mac Mountain Lion but i like download Mountain Lion and save it in flash for future if i need format my mac

 

[rocknblogger]

You don't need to download it. You can always boot into recovery and do a clean install from there.

 

[steel98]

I am already stuck with this problem. "from there" where is it? MacBook doesn't have a recovery partition.
You can download recovery disk. Boot from the disk. And? Reinstall system from Internet?

 

[hallux]

All new MacBook Pro laptops have a recovery partition, unless the system was modified prior to sale. Hold down Option when you press the power button and Recovery should come up as a boot option. That starts Internet Recovery and allows the computer to have the OS reinstalled without media.