Comments on: Mac OS X 10.7 Lion to be Distributed Through Mac App Store

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Upgrade Any Mac OS X Lion Installation to Lion Server via Mac App Store? — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:33:03 +0000

[...] Lion Server through the App Store wouldn’t be too surprising considering the consumer-level Lion will be installable through the Mac App Store too. stLight.options({ publisher:'fe5e0a84-1fac-40de-8014-9f89fc1cbe6a' [...]

By: Chino

Chino — Wed, 25 May 2011 06:02:32 +0000

I’ve played with the dev preview and a clean install will be mandatory. 2nd, when you install lion, it creates another partition with the setup files kinda like a recovery partition. As for the reason for release via Mac app store, I believe it has to do with apple’s stance on a green company.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Wed, 11 May 2011 00:43:40 +0000

I too have HUGE concerns with bandwith caps being imposed by AT&T and others, this is really not going to work.

By: Michael Rygaard

Michael Rygaard — Thu, 05 May 2011 06:53:37 +0000

I REALLY hope i get a free copy for my new iMac…

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 05 May 2011 05:39:43 +0000

I also wonder how they will handle system restore and reinstallation, but I am confident Apple will figure it out

By: Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 05 May 2011 02:43:26 +0000

Maybe you buy it through the app store to a USB drive and install that way? Or you get a coupon for a disc copy too from the Apple store and vise versa.

By: clasqm

clasqm — Wed, 04 May 2011 22:42:33 +0000

What are you supposed to boot from if you somehow bork your system? I don’t mind the switch from DVD to USB-stick, but installing an operating system via download is asking for trouble.

Of course, it is possible that Lion will contain a utility to create an emergency boot disk. Wait & see.

By: Darwin

Darwin — Wed, 04 May 2011 21:47:45 +0000

I quote Landoo. I want a fresh install, not an update.
Ok, I could shrink the Snow Leopard partition, install Lion on a new one, and then delete SL and expand the Lion to fill the empty HD space, but WHY all this mess?

By: Land Of Tech

Land Of Tech — Wed, 04 May 2011 21:29:39 +0000

i don’t want a download! first it takes long depending on network speeds, and second its nice just to have a disk and you get apple stickers LOL.

By: Ketchup and mustard

Ketchup and mustard — Wed, 04 May 2011 20:27:46 +0000

WWDC is only 4 weeks away, it will be out very soon. I’ve used the new dev build a little bit and I see it as an upgrade similar to complexity as moving from 10.5 to 10.6, some refinements and new features but not worthy of a hefty price tag. Based on this, $29 or $49 seems reasonable, and paying less for a download would be most appropriate.

By: headgrunt

headgrunt — Wed, 04 May 2011 20:22:33 +0000

I agree with Landoo….

You might also think about some of us that have internet data caps to consider….

Just a thought ?!?!

By: Landooo

Landooo — Wed, 04 May 2011 20:12:40 +0000

What if you want to do a clean system install? Or what if something goes wrong and you need to boot from a disk? You can’t do that with App Store installers. Apple must find a way to address this before releasing an update this way.

By: James

James — Wed, 04 May 2011 20:03:38 +0000

I don’t think I want it. I’ll reserve judgment until I play with it at the Apple Store, but so far, I don’t like the changes. I’m usually the one getting the new OS on the first day… but not this time.

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 04 May 2011 19:53:52 +0000

Hooray, much easier way to install things than a DVD, but surely a DVD will still ship.

I don’t think we will see a Lion USB installer though except as a restore device, and I would be that will replace all DVD’s by the time Lion is shipping.