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Apple Ships OS X 10.7 Lion 'Gold Master' For July Push

Posted by Soulskill on from the tigers-and-bears-oh-my dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Apple released to developers the 'gold master' version of Mac OS 10.7, known as Lion, in a move that positions the company for a July roll-out. 'With Snow Leopard, Apple's previous Mac OS release, the time between going from gold master status to hitting store shelves was approximately two weeks. However that release required Apple to stamp and produce boxed discs to send out to retail stores. Lion will be the first by Apple to be released only through its Mac App Store as a digital download.'"

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  1. "As a digital download" by Inquisitus · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...as opposed to? An analogue download?

    1. Re:"As a digital download" by BrokenHalo · · Score: 3, Funny

      You don't even have to go so far afield as that. I've always found internet connections in Greece to be pretty flaky. Hell, it wasn't that long ago you could barely make a phone call there. And here in Australia, there are lots of places where you won't get any kind of connection, for example Cocklebiddy, whose sole claim to fame is that it has a Wikipedia entry.

    2. Re:"As a digital download" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Before someone makes the wisecrack that they used their 2.4k accoustic coupler modem uphill both ways in the snow I'd like to point out that thermal noise and thus BER is significantly smaller at low temperatures.