14 DAY TRIAL // Although many believed Apple had not planned to stamp OS X Lion onto its nifty USB thumb drives, the company today confirmed that customers who may have trouble downloading the OS will be able to do so in-store, or purchase the physical version in August.
“Mac OS X Lion is available as an upgrade to Mac OS X version 10.6.6 Snow Leopard from the Mac App Store for $29.99,” Apple announced today, also confirming that customer’s don’t require the latest Snow Leopard update to install the new cat.
“Lion is the easiest OS X upgrade and at around 4GB, it is about the size of an HD movie from the iTunes Store,” the company added.
That’s all fine and dandy for people with a speedy Internet connection.
However, there are some who rely on a poor wireless network, or even no network at all, and may still require OS X Lion, whether it’s for work, or for fun.
So Apple is not leaving anyone out.
“Users who do not have broadband access at home, work or school can download Lion at Apple retail stores and later this August, Lion will be made available on a USB thumb drive through the Apple Store (www.apple.com) for $69 (US),” the Cupertino, California-based technology mammoth confirmed.
OS X Lion server may not be available on USB thumb drive, or so we’re left to understand with Apple outlining that “Mac OS X Lion Server requires Lion and is available from the Mac App Store for $49.99”.
Whichever method customers choose to get OS X Lion, Apple cautions that they will require an Intel-based Mac with at least a Core 2 Duo CPU architecture.
Newer CPU models that are supported include the Intel i3, i5, and i7 or Xeon processors. A minimum 2GB of RAM is also needed to install OS X version 10.7.