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Lion will ship on USB drives in August

by Michael Rose Jul 20th 2011 at 5:15PM

In the hustle and the bustle today, we failed to note a minor detail in Apple's Lion press announcement, but MacRumors picked it up:

Users who do not have broadband access at home, work or school can download Lion at Apple retail stores and later this August, Lion will be made available on a USB thumb drive through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com) for $69 (US).

So much for the absence of physical media. The option to download at an Apple Store is nice (either bring your Mac, or bring a drive with enough free space to carry Lion home); the USB install media will be equally nice, and very welcome for those supporting multiple machines with touchy ISP connectivity. It's an extra $40, but them's the breaks.



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Anthony Lopez

Oh hello, Apple branded thumb drive that just happens to come with Lion. I want one!

July 20 2011 at 11:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tom

That's not helpful for me - I live four hours one way from nearest apple store. I live in a remote area and am lucky to to have 100 KB/sec at peak. Averages about 65-70. So not sure I can move to Lion as much as I would like to.

July 20 2011 at 10:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Cy Starkman

I live 35hrs drive one way from the nearest apple store.

I'll either download it or wait and buy the stick.

We could get a friend to download and mail it, might be quicker.

July 20 2011 at 10:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
 Mike Beasley

"...made available through the Apple Store (www.apple.com)."

It's a four hour drive to get to www.apple.com? Woah, I didn't even know you could drive there. Are they letting cars on the "information super-highway" now?

Ha, I'm playing. In all seriousness, a lot of people overlook that very important web address in the press release. It's the Online Apple Store. I don't know if it will even be available in physical stores, considering the fact that they've pulled all packaged Apple software from the physical stores.

July 20 2011 at 11:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Martin C

That $40 for the flash drive better buy either a

1. 32gb flash drive with Lion on it or
2. 8gb flash drive with Lion on it and an Apple Logo

July 20 2011 at 6:14 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
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VanillaSpice

A million dollars says it will look exactly like the Air one.

http://www.tuaw.com/2011/07/14/make-a-backup-copy-of-the-macbook-air-usb-software-reinstall-dri/

July 21 2011 at 12:38 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
DarwinianReject

I want to install Lion on a zeroed out (blank) hard drive without having to install (and upgrade) Snow Leopard first. Will this USB drive let me do that?

July 20 2011 at 6:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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