Do we get a Lion CD with new macbook pros?

[dacoolest]

I bought my mac some times ago (late 2011 model) but I did not get any CDs with it. I have heard that the Lion is being distributed digitally only. Are they supposed to provide a Lion CD with the macbook pro ?

 

[heisenberg123]

I bought my mac some times ago (late 2011 model) but I did not get any CDs with it. I have heard that the Lion is being distributed digitally only. Are they supposed to provide a Lion CD with the macbook pro ?

no disc is provided

 

[dacoolest]

no disc is provided

ok. Thanks for the reply.

 

[bdodds1985]

no cd, but you can buy a lion thumb drive

 

[cambookpro]

no cd, but you can buy a lion thumb drive

Or you can make you own for about 1/4 of the price

 

[simsaladimbamba]

no cd, but you can buy a lion thumb drive

Not really needed.

Lion Recovery Disk Assistant​

Btw, where does your link go? It seems like the military shop/section, not the actual Lion thumb drive.

Or you can make you own for about 1/4 of the price

Do 4 GB USB flash memory thumb drives really cost that much? In Germany they get thrown into the bargain bin and are sold for sometimes only 5 €.

 

[cambookpro]

Not really needed.

Lion Recovery Disk Assistant​

Btw, where does your link go? It seems like the military shop/section, not the actual Lion thumb drive.


Do 4 GB USB flash memory thumb drives really cost that much? In Germany they get thrown into the bargain bin and are sold for sometimes only 5 €.

I thought you needed a 16GB, or 8 at least? Maybe I'm wrong.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

I thought you needed a 16GB, or 8 at least? Maybe I'm wrong.

It fits on less than 4.7 GiB.

Make An OS X Lion Boot Disc

 

[bdodds1985]

Or you can make you own for about 1/4 of the price

I did not have that luxury, could not download online b/c my internet was waaaaay too slow, and my MBP would not boot

where does your link go? It seems like the military shop/section

it did, I just realized I had the apple military store in my bookmarks. Here is the normal link just in case:

OS X Lion thumb Drive from Apple​

 

[heisenberg123]

Not really needed.

Lion Recovery Disk Assistant​

Btw, where does your link go? It seems like the military shop/section, not the actual Lion thumb drive.


Do 4 GB USB flash memory thumb drives really cost that much? In Germany they get thrown into the bargain bin and are sold for sometimes only 5 €.

if your mac comes pre installed you still have to by the 29.99 version so you can make a bootable version

 

[Sdreed91]

You don't really need one. Almost of all the 2011 Macs now or will have the ability to do Internet recovery

 

[simsaladimbamba]

if your mac comes pre installed you still have to by the 29.99 version so you can make a bootable version

No, as Lion Recovery Assistant uses the already present recovery partition.

 

[dacoolest]

if we install a different version (newer) of OS X then the recovery partition would be gone? If then we won't be able to come back to lion unless we have a installation disc?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

if we install a different version (newer) of OS X then the recovery partition would be gone? If then we won't be able to come back to lion unless we have a installation disc?

As far as I have seen in other, similar threads, you will have two recovery partitions and two OS X partitions.

 

[macchiato2009]

I have heard that the Lion is being distributed digitally only. Are they supposed to provide a Lion CD with the macbook pro ?

the answer is already in your question

 

[dacoolest]

As far as I have seen in other, similar threads, you will have two recovery partitions and two OS X partitions.

Thanks for the information.

the answer is already in your question

Thanks for the reply. Recently I saw an unboxing video of a macbook pro and I saw that there were 2 discs in the package. And this question came to my mind as I heard about the Mountain Lion OS.

 

[Acorn]

digital only could really suck for some people. when i first got my apartment i had no cash whatsoever for an internet connection. I didnt have one for 6 months. I would go to the bakery every day and sip coffee there while surfing the net for a few hours and then go home.

that could have really sucked if i needed a reinstall and had no internet. i wouldnt want to be trying to do that at the bakery.

 

[SimonUK5]

Thanks for the information.



Thanks for the reply. Recently I saw an unboxing video of a macbook pro and I saw that there were 2 discs in the package. And this question came to my mind as I heard about the Mountain Lion OS.

They may of been Drop in disks? I"m not sure if Apple EVER put Lion on disks though...

 

[dacoolest]

They may of been Drop in disks? I"m not sure if Apple EVER put Lion on disks though...

Then they might be some other discs. The video was about a 15" MBP. Mine is 17. All I got with my mac was two manuals, warranty information printed and some Apple stickers.

 

[0000757]

Then they might be some other discs. The video was about a 15" MBP. Mine is 17. All I got with my mac was two manuals, warranty information printed and some Apple stickers.

Apple does not put out discs that have Lion. The video was about a Snow Leopard or older model.

 

[Ccrew]

Apple does not put out discs that have Lion. The video was about a Snow Leopard or older model.

Correct. Most older Mac's came with the OS on one disc and the applications on a second.