[X4U] Lion: Anyone got it yet?

[cat soul]

IIRC, and this was only about an hour ago, the button I got said  
"Download."

I could be wrong, but I don't believe it's feasible for you to  
download a 4-gigabyte OS across the internet, and on the strength of  
that contention, I'd click Download.

However, I'd also want to make sure (that's how I roll) so, can you  
call apple, or visit their Discussions board?

Everything I have read has it happening like this:

1. You see a round Lion icon in your dock, also with a little  
progress bar

2. At download's end, you have an item in your Applications  
folder...the item will have an obvious name, like "Install Lion.dmg"  
or similar

3. You are advised to burn a DVD with this downloaded goody.

4. The downloaded Lion Installer will disappear from your hard drive  
as soon as you install Lion from that downloaded Installer.

I have reports of a download time of 2hours on the low side from  
cable modem users. I'm looking at a total time of 7 hours myself.

Hope this help. I can't think of why you'd see an "Install" button  
while in the app store when I saw "Download."

curious..




On Jul 20, 2011, at 11:12 AM, Allan Rube wrote:

> I definitely want to dl it instead of install directly but the only  
> button I see after I purchased it is install.
>
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> On 7/20/11 1:51 PM, cat soul wrote:
>> On Jul 20, 2011, at 10:46 AM, Allan Rube wrote:
>>
>>> If I purchase it and click install, nothing happens. Is this  
>>> because the servers are overloaded? I would have thought I would  
>>> get some sort of message to that effect.
>>
>> If I'm reading you correctly, you expect Lion to begin installing  
>> itself onto your Mac right after you click "Install" live from the  
>> App store?
>>
>> Lion must first be downloaded to your Mac…THEN you will see an  
>> icon you can use to install.
>>
>> I would advise first backing up the download to DVD; instructions  
>> for this simple procedure are online, here:
>>
>> http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20080989-263/how-to-create-an- 
>> os-x-lion-installation-disc
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