OS X Mountain Lion Launching Tomorrow, July 25

[macinhand]

Most certainly! i have never had the need to use it whilst doing an upgrade! but it is better being safe than sorry

 

[numbersyx]

Can't wait to get this. Mountain Lion will blow away Windows 8.

Not really. Windows 7 and Lion are pretty comparable. I see ML as an incremental improvement. Windows 8 is a bigger leap....

 

[Cougarcat]

I was going to go buy an MBP tonight. Can anyone tell me whether or not it is better to buy one tomorrow rather than today? Would ones they receive tomorrow have the new OS, and if so, is it better in any way to have the new OS from the beginning as opposed to installing it as an upgrade?

There's no difference, it's very unlikely ML will be preinstalled on MBP's tomorrow.

Honestly, it's better to install it as an upgrade because then you have the option of using Lion, if you had any reason to. Macs can only run the OS they came with and newer, not older.

 

[RMXO]

Can someone tell me how many gigabytes (approx.) mountain lion will be? I have such a lame and slow Internet connection, it's gonna take ages to download :-(

ML GM is around 4.75ish GB so expect the same size

 

[Raptura]

I wish they'd open up the up to date program before tomorrow.

If Apple released it at midnight and then they would remove some of their pressure on the servers… And i would have it right now!

You might wanna fix your sig. The rMBP has the 650m not 560. lol.

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Can someone tell me how many gigabytes (approx.) mountain lion will be? I have such a lame and slow Internet connection, it's gonna take ages to download :-(

I'm guessing when I say this, but I'd say around 3 - 5 GB.

 

[Kebabselector]

Thought I'd give the GM a try on a real Mac tonight (instead of my VMware Fusion one), but got this Should've done it last week.


/edit oops my mistake I was clicking on the title not download (it's been a long hot day)

 

[GIZBUG]

Tomorrow cannot come soon enough.

ML isn't as great as people are making it out to be.............I'm sure most on here will be like "That's it?" after installing it..

 

[KPOM]

Can someone tell me how many gigabytes (approx.) mountain lion will be? I have such a lame and slow Internet connection, it's gonna take ages to download :-(

I think the last beta download was about 4GB.

 

[a1exey1azar]

can someone tell me how many gigabytes (approx.) mountain lion will be? I have such a lame and slow internet connection, it's gonna take ages to download :-(

4.34

 

[OldSchoolMacGuy]

Ok, it's already "tomorrow" in this part of the world; Where is my Mountain Lion?

Apple cares nothing about anyone outside of the US and more specifically, Cupertino.

 

[GIZBUG]

Can't wait to get this. Mountain Lion will blow away Windows 8.

Lol. Too funny

 

[TechnikLayman]

I think the last beta download was about 4GB.

Thanks to all for the info. I guess I'll have to be very patient with the download

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

Why $19.99 and not $20.00? What's the catch?

Yes, but why $19.99 and not $20.00? what's the difference? Is it that $19.99 just looks cheaper?

Is this a serious question? Even most kids can figure out this is how marketing works.

 

[JohnDoe98]

Hope they work on iLife next.

F iLife. They need to work on iWork now first and foremost.

 

[potatis]

Will 4 GB RAM be enough for ML? Assuming refreshed Mac minis come with that as a minimum. Will just do web browsing and running Handbrake.

 

[lostngone]

Ok, it's already "tomorrow" in this part of the world; Where is my Mountain Lion?

Mountain Time(UTC -7) of course...

 

[etsi]

Is there a mountain lion server version? Can i upgrade from lion server to mountain non server version?

 

[logicstudiouser]

Any word if logic pro 8 will work with mountain lion?

 

[AndersBrohus]

F iLife. They need to work on iWork now first and foremost.

First iWork then iLife... We got an new iLife in 2011 last time we got a iWork was in 2009!

 

[goinskiing]

Why does everyone want to download ML as soon as it's available. Hasn't anyone learned that the servers are going to bog down or crash and people will discover untold numbers of bugs the first few weeks?

I'm waiting until at least a week after 8.1 is released. In the mean time, Lion works just fine.

Good for you.

 

[a1exey1azar]

Any word if logic pro 8 will work with mountain lion?

Yes

 

[aristobrat]

Yes, but why $19.99 and not $20.00? what's the difference? Is it that $19.99 just looks cheaper?

Doesn't everything sold in the US App Store (that's not free) end in $.99?

 

[Michaelgtrusa]

I will burn a copy to dvd.

 

[aristobrat]

Just wondering, should I back my laptop up or will I not need to worry about it?

If the upgrade doesn't crash on your laptop, you won't need a backup.

 

[C.Kowalski]

I was going to go buy an MBP tonight. Can anyone tell me whether or not it is better to buy one tomorrow rather than today? Would ones they receive tomorrow have the new OS, and if so, is it better in any way to have the new OS from the beginning as opposed to installing it as an upgrade?

It's likely not pre-installed on that MacBook Pro but that doesn't matter. My MacBook Pro that I bought even months after release of Lion came with Snow Leopard 10.6.6. I received a free copy of Lion anyways. So if you want to buy a MacBook Pro, just go ahead since you'll be eligible to receive your free Mountain Lion copy frome here: http://www.apple.com/at/osx/uptodate/ (You may change the country to yours). AND: You'll have a license of Lion, too for your other Macs (if any) from the Mac App Store (You need to register your MacBook Pro with preinstalled Lion to receive free downloads of Lion from Mac App Store)

Can someone tell me how many gigabytes (approx.) mountain lion will be? I have such a lame and slow Internet connection, it's gonna take ages to download :-(

The Golden Master Seed of Mountain Lion was about 4GB. It's already running on my work-Mac in the office :-D
Can't wait for it to install it on my MacBook Pro.

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A co-worker installed the GM on his own Mac at home and asked me if it's possible, if he registers it with his own iTunes Account, to get updates from Mac App Store after the Retail one drops. Since I've got no idea and I was wondering, too, I just wanted to ask you folks if it's possible. Is it?