Apple Mac OS X Lion update is download-only: SA implications explained

Are they saying that if you had access to the image, that you can move it accross or what?

I did make a thread about giving out free copies [DBN only] but never really found an answer as to the legalities. Anyone care to explain please :)
 
How many people who can afford to buy Apple hardware in South Africa don't have a significant internet connection?

Yuu said:
Are they saying that if you had access to the image, that you can move it accross or what?

I did make a thread about giving out free copies [DBN only] but never really found an answer as to the legalities. Anyone care to explain please :)
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Depends, are you talking about people who paid for a copy, but instead of downloading it themselves they get it from you?
 
Yes, they paid for it but instead of them downloading it , they get a copy on DVD. Nothing that profits me in anyway. :)

Just want to know if it OK?

noxibox said:
Depends, are you talking about people who paid for a copy, but instead of downloading it themselves they get it from you?
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If the Apple Stores have it for download there it should be better, guess most people will have to borrow a friends uncapped.
 
“It is difficult,” said a Core spokesperson, “as none of the other regions experience the same problem with bandwidth.”
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It certainly could be a problem in other areas if the user is going to do this through mobile internet.

Yuu said:
Yes, they paid for it but instead of them downloading it , they get a copy on DVD. Nothing that profits me in anyway. :)

Just want to know if it OK?
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I think the only objection would be how do you know they really paid for it.
 
Just keeping a few Windows PCs updates current often uses more bandwidth per month, so not sure what the fuss is about.
 
garp said:
Just keeping a few Windows PCs updates current often uses more bandwidth per month, so not sure what the fuss is about.
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My memory might be a bit fuzzy, but I don't recall any individual Windows update being more than 4GB.
 
Even MORE of a reason (as if you needed one) to NOT purchase Apple goods from/through Core.

If they can't be bothered / are technically incapable of finding a solution to this, why should we deal with them ...
 
Yalta said:
If the Apple Stores have it for download there it should be better, guess most people will have to borrow a friends uncapped.
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In the States, Apple have been shipping Mac Pro workstations, with a cached version of Lion onboard, to their stores. Apparently, they've set it up so you'll download in-store but not from Apple's servers... you'll get it by connecting to the workstation in the store itself. Should be really quick and it won't be costing Apple 3,5 gigs of bandwidth with every purchase by doing it this way... Anyone from Core listening?
 
I have 4 Mac's - two iMacs and two MacBook Pros. Am I expected to download 4 copies to put on all my machines (16GB) ? or can I just download once and buy 4 licences. Apple used to be good with "family packs" - buy a family pack for 5 computers, and it is only like $ 20 more. I suppose this will not happen

Either way - I am incredibly happy with Snow Leopard, so I will probably not upgrade to Lion for the foreseeable future. I have absolutely no reason to right now
 
surfs-up said:
I have 4 Mac's - two iMacs and two MacBook Pros. Am I expected to download 4 copies to put on all my machines (16GB) ? or can I just download once and buy 4 licences. Apple used to be good with "family packs" - buy a family pack for 5 computers, and it is only like $ 20 more. I suppose this will not happen

Either way - I am incredibly happy with Snow Leopard, so I will probably not upgrade to Lion for the foreseeable future. I have absolutely no reason to right now
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Well, there is another way of doing this. See here.
 
surfs-up said:
I have 4 Mac's - two iMacs and two MacBook Pros. Am I expected to download 4 copies to put on all my machines (16GB) ? or can I just download once and buy 4 licences. Apple used to be good with "family packs" - buy a family pack for 5 computers, and it is only like $ 20 more. I suppose this will not happen

Either way - I am incredibly happy with Snow Leopard, so I will probably not upgrade to Lion for the foreseeable future. I have absolutely no reason to right now
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Just buy once and it works on all your Macs! Like any app on the App store. I would say definitely give Lion a try. It's got some nice upgrades, and some enhancements to the Mac's usability. I couldn't go back to Snow Leopard now!
 
There is a Easy way around this....
Follow these Easy Steps.

1. Get Empty Dustbin In your Office.
2. Unplug Mac.
3. PLace Mac in Dustbin.
4. Buy PC
5. Intall Windows.
6. Be frustrated forever. - Atleast you will have a disk to install from.
 
Sodan said:
My memory might be a bit fuzzy, but I don't recall any individual Windows update being more than 4GB.
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I didn't say anything about an individual windows update... I was referring to cumulatively over a month. Last week's update was 800mb.
 
Fearl3$$ said:
There is a Easy way around this....
Follow these Easy Steps.

1. Get Empty Dustbin In your Office.
2. Unplug Mac.
3. PLace Mac in Dustbin.
4. Buy PC
5. Intall Windows.
6. Be frustrated forever. - Atleast you will have a disk to install from.
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Don't you know Macs can run Windows? You can be frustrated right from your Mac too!
 
Fearl3$$ said:
There is a Easy way around this....
Follow these Easy Steps.

1. Get Empty Dustbin In your Office.
2. Unplug Mac.
3. PLace Mac in Dustbin.
4. Buy PC
5. Intall Windows.
6. Be frustrated forever. - Atleast you will have a disk to install from.
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Well, this may be not far from the thruth; Macs are becoming like disposable machines; macrumors had a post recently talking about "thin, light, ultraportable" Intel based notebooks being the future. They will come prefixed hardware (i.e. not upgradable), and when you want to upgrade, you just buy a new one. MacBook Air is what the next MacBook Pro's will look like--they are going for that thin forma factors, but with high end hardware (I think they were talking about the new chip coming early next year).

So, yes, just replace the Mac. (but do not buy a PC)
 
Smiley_lauf said:
Well, this may be not far from the thruth; Macs are becoming like disposable machines; macrumors had a post recently talking about "thin, light, ultraportable" Intel based notebooks being the future. They will come prefixed hardware (i.e. not upgradable), and when you want to upgrade, you just buy a new one. MacBook Air is what the next MacBook Pro's will look like--they are going for that thin forma factors, but with high end hardware (I think they were talking about the new chip coming early next year).

So, yes, just replace the Mac. (but do not buy a PC)
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Not sure I agree. With the inclusion of thunderbolt and it's anticipated adoption by hardware manufacturers you're going to be able to upgrade externally - displays, drives, etc - with identical speed as if they were internal. If my next mbp came with a 500gb internal SSD and 8 or 16gb of RAM I wouldn't need to delve inside if I needed to add more drive space I'd just plug one in.
 
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