Mac OS X Lion to be available on DVD?
The DVD may not be dead yet after all. It looks like Mac OS X 10.7 Lion may be offered on traditional DVD installation disks in addition to the more modern and fancy App Store download distribution and USB installer keys.
The possible leak comes from a German Amazon page for the upcoming release of Mac OS X Lion, where mediatype is clearly specified as DVD-ROM (screenshot below):
It’s entirely possible that this placeholder is inaccurate or even a mistake, but Amazon does have a history of accidentally leaking release dates and software upgrades on their various worldwide online stores.
I should also point out that the idea of a USB key installation method is speculation based on the new MacBook Air Mac OS X install drive, and the distribution from the App Store is also speculated based upon the digital delivery of the Mac OS X Lion Developer Previews through the Mac App Store. It’s entirely possible that neither of these installation methods will appear and that we will only see a DVD installer, but with the MacBook Air and Mac Mini Server’s lacking DVD drives, those devices must be served with some form of installation method for Lion.
We’re almost certain to find out what exact installation methods we’ll get for Lion at WWDC 2011, which is just a few months away.
[…] the digital distribution. Last month, a placeholder for a Lion installation DVD appeared on German Amazon, and there continues to be a possibility that Lion will also appear on USB installer keys for […]
I don’t think it would be via MAS. CD is just better for that kind of stuff and what if you don’t have internet? Maybe you don’t want to download it? If anything they should have it available via CD and MAS. And i want Apple Stickers anyway LOL.
Of course it is going to be on DVD, there are so many Macs that still have SuperDrives, it would be silly not to.
BTW anyone can create an Amazon listing, so these are very easy to fake.