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

[David Tarrant]

11-inch : 64GB
£729.60


11-inch : 128GB
£859.20


13-inch : 128GB
£945.60


13-inch : 256GB
£1,160.40

On 20 Jul 2011, at 14:06, Tim Chown wrote:

> 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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