[OSX-Users] Re: AIRS ARE OUT!!!

[Nick Gibbins]

Triumphal vindication! :)

Nice looking machines, tho.

Nick

On 20 Jul 2011, at 13:43, mc schraefel wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:56:54 +0100, Jules <sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>> On 19/07/2011 12:10, mc schraefel wrote:
>>> Thanks Jules - great info
>>> 
>>> also, rumour has it that lion and new Airs are coming out tomorrow, with
>>> mac pros and new lcd in the coming weeks
>> :-) LOL. There's been a rumour like that nearly every day for the past 2 
>> weeks. You may be lucky though!
> 
> AH HA!!!!
> 
> http://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/20/apple-updates-macbook-air-line-with-sandy-bridge-thunderbolt-and-backlit-keyboards/
> 
> 
>>> 
>>> mc
>>> 
>>> On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:39:28 +0100, Jules<sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk> 
> wrote:
>>>> On 19/07/2011 11:02, Tim Chown wrote:
>>>>> So,
>>>>> 
>>>>> What's the deal with Lion?
>>>> We have a site licence for Apple OS's, so I'll get a copy from the App
>>>> Store and put it on the software server cifs://software/software so
> that
>>>> you can just drag and drop the app onto your desktop and then run it.
>>>> 
>>>> If you want to do a complete fresh install (despite Apple saying it's
>>>> not possible), do this:
>>>> 1. Right-click on the app
>>>> 2. Choose "Show package contents"
>>>> 3. Go into the "Shared Support" directory
>>>> 4. Take InstallESD.dmg and either burn it onto a DVD or restore it
>>>> (using Disk Utility) onto a 4GB USB stick (yes, it's a lot smaller than
>>>> Snow Leopard)
>>>> 5. Power on your Mac with Alt/Option held down
>>>> 6. Choose the DVD or USB device to boot off
>>>> 7. Partition and format your disk
>>>> 8. Install Lion.
>>>> 
>>>> As for when it will be released, it's when they are ready to. Original
>>>> release date was planned for last Thursday, but that didn't happen. We
>>>> sit and wait. :)
>>>> 
>>>> Jules
>> 
>> Jules

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