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July 29th (Leo) Lion Release Date?
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Or Apple will just release it when they're ready and not pay attention to meaningless astrological signs.
Idle speculation, but on the zodiac calendar Leo (the lion) begins on July 23 which is a Saturday. Since Apple tends to release on Friday and Snow Leopard was released on August 28, I'm guessing that July 29th is the day.
Maybe?
Apple hasn't released any OS on a Friday. They have all been on Monday, Tuesdays, and Wednesday. If this is being released via Mac App Store they might release it on the 23rd, which would kind of make sense with the way Apple does things. So yea, my money is either on the 23rd like you said or the 25th which I have said in other posts.
Snow Leopard was released earlier than what they said, a few weeks early as I remember. They said "September" and then instead released at the end of August, or something like that.
The end of July would seem a bit like "cheating", even if technically it's still July, it's basically choosing the furthest end of the time frame.
I think early to mid July seems more likely, if we don't consider the horoscope thing But who knows... Even Apple doesn't know...
The end of July would seem a bit like "cheating", even if technically it's still July, it's basically choosing the furthest end of the time frame.
I think early to mid July seems more likely, if we don't consider the horoscope thing
But who knows... Even Apple doesn't know...
Typically in the past part of the release schedule had to do with DPs, GMs and then creating all those retail discs and filling the distribution channels. Apple doesn't have that this time around. Simply declare the GM ready, and load it on the servers and it can go live on the Mac App Store.
Based on that I would think earlier to mid month, unless they are truly having issues that need addressing.
Based on that I would think earlier to mid month, unless they are truly having issues that need addressing.
Which means I'll finish downloading it sometime in August.
why? a 4gb download should take no longer than 4-5 hours.
You can't really generalise how long it's going to take as it all depends on connection speed and where you're downloading the file from. Some have faster connection speeds then others.
PM me all your info including bank account details (for verification purposes) and I'll send you Lion for free.
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Idle speculation, but on the zodiac calendar Leo (the lion) begins on July 23 which is a Saturday. Since Apple tends to release on Friday and Snow Leopard was released on August 28, I'm guessing that July 29th is the day.
Maybe?
I'll put my bet on the 22nd
a 4gb download will take me like 1:30- 2 hours but i was referring to the guy above who said his download will finish in august lol so i was saying it would take AT MOST 4-5 hours
Dude, I'm like on dial-up here. (Well, not quite but I may as well be).
I'll most likely wait a few days before I download and give Apple's server farm a chance to gasp a bit. Probably start at 9PM, hit the sack and hope it's done by mid morning.
If everyone decides to download the second it is released, download times will be longer than normal.
maybe slightly, look, this is apple we're talking about, they got MASSIVE and i mean , MASSIVE server load thresholds.
besides, many people are waitin for 10.7.1 so they wont rush downloading.
and its not like its a free upgrade too, people need to shell out 30 bucks and not everyone is going to so..
besides, many people are waitin for 10.7.1 so they wont rush downloading.
and its not like its a free upgrade too, people need to shell out 30 bucks and not everyone is going to so..
I'll be pleasantly surprised if it comes before the 29th, but things seem to be leading towards that date now. I would say it will take me 5 hours or so for the download ><.
Usually, I get around 5.72 MB down. According to my tests, if i'm getting about 6MB down, and Apple's servers aren't slammed, it will take about 1.5 hours to download.
FYI: Lion will be released 3AM EST. Apple will release software at 12AM California, which is 3AM EST.
FYI: Lion will be released 3AM EST. Apple will release software at 12AM California, which is 3AM EST.
True, I was going to compare to the iPhone 4 meltdown but that is a different story. Free upgrades for me since I just got another mac recently and got the BTS promo card that I will use for other computers to upgrade.
Crickey you have good broadband sir! 3.33+Mb per second realistic download speed? (Assuming Lion is 4GB, 20/4 = 5... 5 mins per 1GB... 1000/300 = 3.33Mbps)