If Lion isn’t going to be available on DVD, but only through the App Store, how can you download it if you don’t have high speed Internet?
According to Jim Dalrymple of Loopinsight:
Several Apple store representatives have told Computerworld that users can come into their local Apple store and download Lion using their Wi-Fi network. You don’t need to make an appointment, just walk in and start downloading.
This is a nice thing for Apple to offer. I have no idea how well it will work in practice. I assume most of the early adopters have connections at home which will let them download and install it right way, so I can’t imagine a huge number of people showing up at Apple’s doorstep waiting to do this.
Also, if you live in
- Alaska
- Arkansas
- Montana
- North Dakota
- South Dakota
- Vermont
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
and don’t have access to high speed Internet, there are no Apple retail stores in those states.
I live in Ohio and the nearest Apple Store to me is 2 hours and 20 minutes (115 miles) away. Our home Internet connection is satellite and is limited to 200 MB per day. My previous connection was about 17 GB per month. Assuming that the download comes in around 4 GB, that would have been a significant dent in my monthly allowance — not to mention the fact that it might not have worked at all.
I’m fortunate that I can download things at the office (unmetered DSL) and bring them home on my MacBook Air. I am assuming/hoping there will be some way to download Lion once and install it on multiple computers. I am also assuming there will be some way to do a “clean install” onto a new hard drive without having to install Snow Leopard 10.6.8 first.
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