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If you buy a Macbook Pro today, will it come with Lion?

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Adamantoise

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I'm aware I can call Apple to find this out, but I'm at work and figured someone would know.

Furthermore, lets say it does come with Lion, is the F4 key graphic going to stay the same? Or would it be changed to match that of the Macbook Air?

Just curious ... I don't mind Snow Leopard at all, but if I'm going to be forced to use Lion I'd at least want the function keys mapped properly (both internally and externally :))

Edit: Nevermind, seems this question has been asked and answered. For those wondering yes, the F4 key has been changed to Launchpad from Expose.
 
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Adamantoise said:
I'm aware I can call Apple to find this out, but I'm at work and figured someone would know.

Furthermore, lets say it does come with Lion, is the F4 key graphic going to stay the same? Or would it be changed to match that of the Macbook Air?

Just curious ... I don't mind Snow Leopard at all, but if I'm going to be forced to use Lion I'd at least want the function keys mapped properly (both internally and externally :))

Edit: Nevermind, seems this question has been asked and answered. For those wondering yes, the F4 key has been changed to Launchpad from Expose.
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While this question has been answered, the keyboard has changed on a few computers (ie custom orders). If you order a basic 13in, you are liable to get a computer they had in stock running SL. You can get your free upgrade, of course.
 
Adamantoise said:
I'm aware I can call Apple to find this out, but I'm at work and figured someone would know.

Furthermore, lets say it does come with Lion, is the F4 key graphic going to stay the same? Or would it be changed to match that of the Macbook Air?

Just curious ... I don't mind Snow Leopard at all, but if I'm going to be forced to use Lion I'd at least want the function keys mapped properly (both internally and externally :))

Edit: Nevermind, seems this question has been asked and answered. For those wondering yes, the F4 key has been changed to Launchpad from Expose.
Click to expand...

I ordered my current MacBook Pro the day after Lion launched (Thursday the 21st) and it shipped with Lion when it arrived a week later. The only change I made from the base configuration 2.2 GHz is a high resolution display, which pushed back the ship date to "1 to 3 days".

My guess is any change you make to your order, big or small, from the base configs will get you Lion installed on your laptop due to the longer assembly time.
 
So do you get recovery media (CD or USB) on the new Lion shipping MBP's? Or do they have internet recovery like the new Air and Mini?
 
rockyroad55 said:
There was another thread on here about that. No recovery media at all. Just comes with two booklets now.
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Well that blows.

What if we're looking forward to changing out the HDD upon receiving the MBP, is the recovery partition built into the system or does it reside on the HDD?

In other words, if I receive a 2011 MBP with Lion and swap out the 5400rpm HDD for a 7200rpm or SSD ... Will I still be able to install Lion without making a boot disc?
 
Adamantoise said:
Well that blows.

What if we're looking forward to changing out the HDD upon receiving the MBP, is the recovery partition built into the system or does it reside on the HDD?

In other words, if I receive a 2011 MBP with Lion and swap out the 5400rpm HDD for a 7200rpm or SSD ... Will I still be able to install Lion without making a boot disc?
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The recovery feature is built into new Macs that were announced after Lion. In this case, those machines are the Minis and new Airs.

http://www.apple.com/macosx/recovery/
 
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