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

[Tim Chown]

Will be interesting to see the UK academic pricing.

Tim

On 20 Jul 2011, at 13:58, Nick Gibbins wrote:

> 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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