Now just imagine you live in canada and you have a 20 gb softcap on your adsl. Even if you have cable with a 60 gb cap are you really going to want this juggernaut?
Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2011-06-07, at 2:00 PM, Shen wrote: > 4gb is such a relative term. Who knows exactly what the size of the > download will be. It could be 4.2 GB. > If you are not 1 of those people who has to have it the day it is > released, I'm almost willing to bet that there will be enough noise > made that Apple will have to put it on a DVD for people to purchase. > Just give it a little time. > I don't think people are ready for such a large download. Imagine, if > you have a standard T1 speed on your DSL connection. Assuming the > download speed is steady at the maximum throughput, it will take close > to 8 hours to download 4GB. > > > > > > On 6/7/11, Brandon Misch <bmisch2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> i read somewhere about it being 4gb. >> >> On Jun 7, 2011, at 9:59 AM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: >> >>> Dude, are you serious? I would much rather buy it! >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brandon Misch >>> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 8:17 AM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: All the new features in Lion >>> >>> i think the size of the download will be 4gb. >>> >>> On Jun 7, 2011, at 7:10 AM, Nickus de Vos wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, I think it's going to be a problem for a lot of people that >>>> the lion isn't availible on disc, one reason would be as you mentioned >>>> hard drive chrashes etc and the other is that you would have to >>>> download it and I saw something about a 4 GB download. Everybody >>>> doesn't have fast uncapped internet. Who knows if it comes out and >>>> people start complaining apple will maybe release it on disc. I'm glad >>>> that it's only $29 though... >>>> >>>> Donna Goodin wrote: >>>>> Yeah, there's a fair amount about VO in the list of new features that >>> Seren forwarded yesterday. >>>>> Donna >>>>> >>>>> On Jun 7, 2011, at 12:49 AM, Zachary Kline wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Ricardo, >>>>>> They do mention VO on both the Lion and iOS 5 sites, as a matter of >>> fact. >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> Zack. >>>>>> On Jun 6, 2011, at 7:44 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I wish they would at least put out some notes about voiceover when >>>>>>> they >>> put out the features list for the new OS. I don't expect Apple to devote >>> time to Voiceover in the keynote of course but, I don't think it should be >>> much trouble to mention new VO features on the site. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> JMO. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ricardo Walker >>>>>>> rwalker...@gmail.com >>>>>>> Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 >>>>>>> www.mobileaccess.org >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jun 6, 2011, at 10:13 PM, Brandon Misch wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> this all sounds great. good thing voiceover has some new features. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Jun 6, 2011, at 4:23 PM, Søren Jensen wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> You can already see the new features in Lion at the following link: >>>>>>>>> http://www.apple.com/macosx/whats-new/features.html >>>>>>>>> Best regards: >>>>>>>>> Søren Jensen >>>>>>>>> Mail & MSN: >>>>>>>>> s...@coolfortheblind.dk >>>>>>>>> Website: >>>>>>>>> http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>>>>>>> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > Shen > goalb...@gmail.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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