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Apple Retail Stores Receive Golden Master Copies of OS X Lion
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But you're not resorting to piracy, thats what people are trying to tell you. But you'd rather bitch than just get done what needs done.
iMac is at my house where my mom mostly uses it and the other I use for school,so I'm all good
That people find ways to justify piracy does not mean they are respecting Apple's copyright. No one that has replied as yet provided an Apple licensed way of not having to download and pay twice. That's because that doesn't exist.
I know all the options out there, heck, I might just use one of them in the end. But I'm not going to lie to myself and say it is a legit option. Again, stop fretting so much, it's not keeping me up at night.
Let me make this really simplistic for you..if you ask I'll PM you my adobe (Acrobat X pro CS 5, lightroom $1500), mac (iwork, ilife $100), mac paw (clean myMac, and Mac Hider $40), and MS (office 2011 mac, office 2007, vista, and 7 $550) username along with my computer serial you email them with my email and ask each of them whether it's ok to install off of a previously downloaded copy with a valid license and see what they say..you are wrong and a whiner..your comments indicate you're not a developer and really have little experience with these things. If you license was tied to your S/N or MAC addy that would be different, then there would be no developers out there..not a soul here said download and pay once install twice, they said pay twice, install twice and download once. Because you don't like the answer doesn't make it less true or the viable response.
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Why must everyone have issues?
Well after looking over some of the post here, I decided to put in my two cents. First of all when it comes to the App store I think it is a good idea. There are times I need or want a program and it is 2AM. There is no store open that time of night so I suffer until the next day or do not get it at all. The other reason that it is good is that you can never lose your software. A disk can be lost and then you are SOL. Some people feel it is another way for Apple to control us, however I do not look at it that way. I look at it as they want to make it easier for their customer and at the same time be able to have accurate numbers on who and how many people is using their software. You never lose anything that you buy from the App store, just re-download it.
As far as Apple being hypocrits because they sent Lion to the stores on hard drives, that is complete NONSENSE!!! Think about how many stores over the world there are, and each mac in that store has to be upgraded. Do you realize how much time and bandwidth that would take? Not to mention that there are other things that are on that drive. If you have ever been to an Apple store, then you know there are pics, videos and other thinfs on that drive. Also keep in mind that anyone who does not have internet access, can go to the store and get an upgrade there. So there is a need for them to have a hard drive.
However why complain when you can do the exact same thing! They are allowing you to make a disk which the DMG file can be put onto a Hard drive instead.
I think Lion will be a welcomed change and I am not thinking there will be too many bugs. However for everyone complaining about that, every piece of software has a bug somewhere. Apple is really good about getting on it and getting it fixed. Thing is some people here seem to be Microsoft fan boys, and let's not get me started on Vista.
People have asked for some of the things for the iOS side to come to the Mac, and Apple thought it would be a good idea as well. Things and companies change people, so get over it!!
The only problem I see with the Mac App Store is it is easier to pirate now. However I am sure that Apple took that into consideration.
Well after looking over some of the post here, I decided to put in my two cents. First of all when it comes to the App store I think it is a good idea. There are times I need or want a program and it is 2AM. There is no store open that time of night so I suffer until the next day or do not get it at all. The other reason that it is good is that you can never lose your software. A disk can be lost and then you are SOL. Some people feel it is another way for Apple to control us, however I do not look at it that way. I look at it as they want to make it easier for their customer and at the same time be able to have accurate numbers on who and how many people is using their software. You never lose anything that you buy from the App store, just re-download it.
As far as Apple being hypocrits because they sent Lion to the stores on hard drives, that is complete NONSENSE!!! Think about how many stores over the world there are, and each mac in that store has to be upgraded. Do you realize how much time and bandwidth that would take? Not to mention that there are other things that are on that drive. If you have ever been to an Apple store, then you know there are pics, videos and other thinfs on that drive. Also keep in mind that anyone who does not have internet access, can go to the store and get an upgrade there. So there is a need for them to have a hard drive.
However why complain when you can do the exact same thing! They are allowing you to make a disk which the DMG file can be put onto a Hard drive instead.
I think Lion will be a welcomed change and I am not thinking there will be too many bugs. However for everyone complaining about that, every piece of software has a bug somewhere. Apple is really good about getting on it and getting it fixed. Thing is some people here seem to be Microsoft fan boys, and let's not get me started on Vista.
People have asked for some of the things for the iOS side to come to the Mac, and Apple thought it would be a good idea as well. Things and companies change people, so get over it!!
The only problem I see with the Mac App Store is it is easier to pirate now. However I am sure that Apple took that into consideration.
OK by forum rules
"Blasphemy" is not covered in the forum rules, so I'm OK.
Did you know that "COAB" is text shorthand for "Christ On A Bicycle". It's simply an expression, see http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=christ+bicycle .
"Blasphemy" is not covered in the forum rules, so I'm OK.
Did you know that "COAB" is text shorthand for "Christ On A Bicycle". It's simply an expression, see http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=christ+bicycle .
Retail build # confirmed!
I have confirmed that the Apple retail 10.7 build number is in fact the
same 11A511. The GM is really the GM...
I have confirmed that the Apple retail 10.7 build number is in fact the
same 11A511. The GM is really the GM...
Aiden, are you blaspheming again?
Christ on a Bicycle? Wow, you really can learn something new every day. COAB... that's just weird, very, very weird! I can almost see a fat, gray haired, old Nun coming at me with one of those yard sticks again. I would say that some people just need to grow-up a little, but I wouldn't dare say that because my telling someone to grow up actually got me kicked off of here for a few days or maybe even a week, once upon a time 
According to many others, it is ready for prime time. I'm not saying your experiences are wrong or chastising you or anything but for any major OS release, many problems simply can't be picked up in house and it requires the OS to be released to the public under many different hardware configurations and such in order for a majority of the problems to surface and be fixed.
I'm an early adopter and expect bugs, as soon as I find if the programs I need work on it I'm upgrading
Well, do what you want, and I'm sure you will. But I upgraded to SL on day one, and while there were some occasional minor blips, it ran solid overall. I'm telling you this build give me problems with WiFi every third time I open the lid on my MBA. And I'm not alone. This blog describes some of the very issues I'm experiencing. Very frustrating. http://cushley.net/2011/07/why-you-shouldnt-update-to-os-x-lion-just-yet/
Waste of time, that runs afoul of even the Mac App Store's license. You can only install software on computers you control. Obviously, you don't control my computer. Sharing accounts in that way is tantamount to piracy.
What you're suggesting is only slightly less worse than taking the apps and dumping them on that site with torrents and a big ship on the front page.
Just post in this thread to say: now we know Apple are going to release Lion on a USB drive, I am happy to withdraw my previous accusation of hypocrisy against them on this.
I guess we'll never know if this is what they planned all along, or if they got enough feedback from users telling them it would be hassle to be forced to download and they relented. Either way, I'm glad they're doing the USB drives.
I guess we'll never know if this is what they planned all along, or if they got enough feedback from users telling them it would be hassle to be forced to download and they relented. Either way, I'm glad they're doing the USB drives.
Aye, so am I. Also kind of a vindication against all the people telling us that we were just big whiners uh ?
Not that they'll ever apologize.
Aye, so am I. Also kind of a vindication against all the people telling us that we were just big whiners uh ?
Not that they'll ever apologize.
I never explicitly attacked either of you for your dislike of only digital distribution as I only offered alternative explanations for Apple doing so.
Honestly, I hoped Apple would/will release a Lion box set via physical distribution as I want to upgrade iLife and get a copy of iWork. I guess Apple won't offer a cheaper way to do this than the Mac App Store.
But, I will apologize on behalf of all the haters mostly because my speculations turned out to be incorrect.
Nor was I talking about you specifically. More about the others that resorted to name calling because I didn't want to use the MAS and because I said the new MAS policy for me was worse than the Family Pack.
You didn't have to apologize for being incorrect on a prediction, no one knows what Apple will do.
Oh Porco,
Look what you did!
You've made people be nice to each other on MacRumors!
Amazing!
Now, to get things back to normal.
Hey, Aidenshaw
Check out these links!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/21/mac_os_x_lion_security/
http://m.networkworld.com/news/2011/060611-apple-ios-why-its-the.html?hpg1=bn#mobify-bookmark
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