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

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 2, 2011 @06:28PM 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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"a simpler way to find applications"... by countertrolling · 2011-07-02 18:42 · Score: 4, Insightful

They all used to be in the applications and utilities folder. What could possibly be simpler than that? And now it forces users to open an online account with Apple. That's not very nice.. There's no mention in the article, does it come down as a burnable iso? And how screwed are the people who just don't happen to have fast internet?

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