Comments on: Why OS X Lion is the biggest test for digital downloads

By: Sissey

Sissey — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:34:01 +0000

Started downloading OS X Lion around 10:00 AM PST and am about 1/2 the way thru……..It is now 4:30 and still downloading. I have DSL but it is SLOW!

By: Jenn

Jenn — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:30:41 +0000

Would Rosetta support affect universal applications? I have quite a few games that are universal. Maybe I should run mac keeper on them…..

By: DSBT

DSBT — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 02:37:26 +0000

Bring it on! I may be old, but I’m sure willing. Other Apple downloads, though not as large, have been perfect……since I went Mac 4 yrs ago.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:42:29 +0000

If they haven’t upgraded at this point, what makes you think that they will jump 2 operating systems to get to 10.7?

By: Ronald

Ronald — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:30:43 +0000

DVD media is so cheap, they should make it available in a white label bulk/OEM DVD format at the Apple store. No install manual, no paper packaging, just the disc in a sleeve. Surely the costs of ~$0.50 for a DVD wouldn’t break them for the few customers that want/prefer a DVD for install?

Plus, aren’t they supposed to be becoming more Business Friendly at some point? IT departments aren’t going to ever adopt an OS that can’t be installed internally on their own servers/desktops behind the firewall. It’s not that Apple has made any big inroads in that area, but this isn’t a step in that direction either.

While the iPhone/iPad has gone a long way in paving the road for adoption of Apple iPhone/iTouch/iPad products in the corporate environment, they just put a roadblock in the way of getting the Mac into that same environment.

By: vdiv

vdiv — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:45:27 +0000

You and millions of others. The difference is we use BitTorrent most of the time so it is relatively painless to distribute large files especially on launch day. Let me guess, St. Jobs will discover BitTorrent and bless the Apple sheep with tHis innovation… eventually.

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:12:29 +0000

When you download the installer how will it create a partition if you hard disk is just one big partition?

By: bt5000

bt5000 — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 01:45:12 +0000

What this tells me is, 1/5th of the mac base is still running 10.4 and are probably PowerPCs. 20% is a lot of users to ignore.

By: Lorie Ghamy

Lorie Ghamy — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:06:54 +0000

And Apple resellers – Maybe more numerous in Europe than in USA ? – are on the R.I.P. way with Apple and the candid absolution of Gadgets / Apple fans Blogs….

They will win around 1 € / 1$ for the Lion ROoAarrrRRRrrr birth ! In a a very enthousistat letter, Apple explain them that 4% are their gain for each Lion on the road… A providence to sell new gorgeous full powered machines is explained to them.. And they are giving their clients keys to the Cupertino Ogre in the same” Passe-passe”* magical trick???

So i think with the next OSX “Wild Cat”, Mac Apple Store will be the only purchase channel. No way to install anything from DVD disc (erased !) or USB Key…. So old fashioned, of course !

Thanks to all Gadgets / Apple fans Blogs…. for their contribution to this monopolistic game… And the lack of this economic disaster point of view for those peoples…

* In French…

By: Gary D

Gary D — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:50:37 +0000

Also, systems without an Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Core i3, Intel Core i5, Intel Core i7, or Xeon processor will not be eligible to upgrade as Apple has dropped support for 32-bit CPUs.