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Stay Away from Mountain Lion it RUINED my MACBOOK Pro!
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You could have done a physical copy yourself so stop bitching and get over it!
I've got a one-and-a-half year old who gets really frustrated when she tries to do something and gets angry if your try to help her. When you finally manage to help her, she becomes all smiles and struts around, proud as a peacock.
I'm pretty sure she would sound just like the OP if she could put her thoughts on paper.
I'm pretty sure she would sound just like the OP if she could put her thoughts on paper.
So let me get this straight:
Mountain Lion has already sold 3+ millions of digital copies, and you advise anyone to stay away from it because it allegedly destroyed your computer? I have been doing incremental updates from 10.5 Leopard. I have never ever needed to install OS X again. And I have been using the computer for all sorts of stuff (gaming, video editing, I also have Windows installed...).
From a programmer's perspective, there must be something wrong before you began installing mountain lion. The problem lied dormant until the Mountain Lion's install touched some files it needs to upgrade and the problem appeared.
It's not uncommon for existing problems to appear during installation requiring a complete reinstall because the user payed absolutely NO ATTENTION to the use of the system, as it's not uncommon for outstanding problems to be fixed with an upgrade, even if the upgrade was not intended to fix those (you know, old corrupted files get replaced by new and working ones).
But in all my years having a Mac (12+) and doing some extreme things with them, I have never ever encountered a problem that would keep me from booting and formatting my disk to install a new OS from scratch.
It can also be a hardware problem, have you ever thought of that? HDDs behave like the way you described a little before they "die", sometimes they behave properly afterwards and then they shutdown and don't start again. I would replace the HDD of this machine immediately.
That said, you should always keep a hard copy of the latest digital copies of the OSs. Burning a copy of Lion and Mountain Lion in an external DVD is extremely simple, and legal. I strongly recommend it.
PS. BTW, regarding physical copies, I, too believe that physical copies SHOULD be provided by apple at least for a small fee. Or at least make the digital installer to copy itself to an external dvd with the press of a button, so that you can keep a physical copy for any situation. I always keep physical copies of my OSes in an external DVD and they always come in handy in difficult situations, especially if you use Linux and Windows where sometimes the "Restore" partition gets deleted (With linux). It's nice to not rely on your computer solely for a restore.
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mountain lion destroyed my PC!!! no, i mean it...a mountain lion came into my summer home and destroyed my PC! damn you apple.... 
Lotta apologists here.
And the rationale is sort of interesting. "You should have known (eg read my astute posts here on MacRumors) and made a back up copy on USB stick...etc."
But to be fair to the Mac Fans all the mags gave the same advice.
So before the update even hits the store the consensus is you need to do a work-around because of a deficiency in Apple's system software delivery system.
And then jump on the OP because she fell for the Apple line and didn't make a copy.
If the App Store and L/ML upgrade system were ready for prime time this wouldn't happen. You pay three times more for a MBP than a PC and you should expect to be able to recover from a drive crash using something besides the damaged drive. Apple had to spend how much time repairing this? When the user probably could have accomplished it themselves?
Sorry, but the OP has a very valid point (although they need help in authoring post titles).
And the rationale is sort of interesting. "You should have known (eg read my astute posts here on MacRumors) and made a back up copy on USB stick...etc."
But to be fair to the Mac Fans all the mags gave the same advice.
So before the update even hits the store the consensus is you need to do a work-around because of a deficiency in Apple's system software delivery system.
And then jump on the OP because she fell for the Apple line and didn't make a copy.
If the App Store and L/ML upgrade system were ready for prime time this wouldn't happen. You pay three times more for a MBP than a PC and you should expect to be able to recover from a drive crash using something besides the damaged drive. Apple had to spend how much time repairing this? When the user probably could have accomplished it themselves?
Sorry, but the OP has a very valid point (although they need help in authoring post titles).
Really? so no matter what in life, you never check things out before getting your hands messy?
Aren't there almost literally hundreds of websites that tell you how to create a bootable USB drive for Lion or ML?
One should always have a hard copy just in case of such a situation.
Also if you've had Lion or ML installed you can hold down option after the chime, choose the recovery option and re-install without a physical copy os the OS over the internet since you are on the forums I am guessing you have access somehow.
Hope you had a backup of everything, I know they sell external hard drives in the Apple store.
Huh? errr No. It doesn't make a lot of sense to complain about the lack of a physical copy when it takes 10 minutes to make your own physical copy, is extremely easy to do and the internet is overflowing with guides on how to do it (and why you should do it). Can you grasp this concept?
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It's called being prudent. Though by the sounds of it you're another user who bumbles into .0 releases without doing anything proactive to mitigate any issues which might arise.
Three times more than a comparable PC? Sorry, but that's utter rubbish.
She only has a valid point if you assume it's okay to do things blindly and trust the whole world will hold your hand. If you buy a bike, fall and hit your head when riding it - would you say it's a valid point to blame the bike salesman because he didn't sold her training wheels and a helmet as well?
And by the way, my MBP 13" was by far the cheapest comparable laptop on the market - that's why I bought it.