Thanks for the link Pedro, Egg Freckles has some interesting Notes written on his Newton ;-) He is a former Mac Genius. http://eggfreckles.net/tech/lions-lesser-known-features/
Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 08/06/2011, at 6:35 PM, Pedro <[email protected]> wrote: > > Evening all > > I feel your pain Ronni > > I have three machines in this household to update and my Internet in > painfully slow thanks to the aging copper wires and the distance I am from > the closest exchange > > I wonder if this link will be of any help > > http://www.tuaw.com/2011/06/07/how-to-burn-a-lion-boot-disc/ > > Perhaps some of our Perth members would rent out their super fast ADSL2+ to > us poor rural dwellers for a small fee, he he > > Cheers > > iPadro > > > On 07/06/2011, at 8:44 AM, Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Yes Daniel, >> >> From what I have so far read … I’m NOT happy. >> The things I did NOT want to happen, but felt would happen … have happened! >> ;-( >> >> Major upgrades direct & only from the App Store is not what I wanted, >> especially for some of my clients. >> Some of my country clients have slow Networks & small download limits. I >> often need to download the updates on my connection & place onto an external >> drive so I can install for them. >> >> I’ll reserve my final judgement until more information becomes available. >> >> We MobileMe members from dot.mac days have already received emails informing >> us of the change to iCloud. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> On 07/06/2011, at 2:53 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: >> >>> >>> On 7/6/11 1:42 AM, "cm" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Daniel, >>>> >>>> The following is a cut-and-paste from the Mac Rumuours live coverage of the >>>> WWDC keynote address which I was silly enough to stay up for. The excerpt >>>> is >>>> best read from bottom to top to follow the time sequence. I'll have an >>>> espresso thanks. :-D >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Carlo >>>> >>>> 10:38 am Available for everyone else in July >>>> 10:38 am New dev preview today. >>>> 10:37 am $29.99 >>>> 10:37 am Buy once. Install on all macs like all Mac app store apps. >>>> 10:37 am 4Gb >>>> 10:37 am Lion available only on Mac App Store >>> >>> >>> One thing that "annoys" me with this,...and this is just my personal >>> opinion,...but for people that are on "small" downloads are being penalised. >>> I know some clients that have 2GB limits. >>> How are they to get a 4GB download?? >>> And sometimes with it charged at excess rates of 15c/MB that makes the >>> remainder 2GB of the download costing them about $300 if they don't realise. >>> As it's purchased through the Mac App Store, then it's not like you "burn it >>> DVD" for them or something. >>> >>> Maybe I'm missing something here, and more info will become available later. >>> Sure, maybe for the US where download limits are large and internet is >>> cheap. But unfortunately we still have some low limits here in Australia. >>> >>> Again, maybe I'm missing something, or I'm not "keeping up with the times" >>> but I just think there should be a couple of options. For those that don't >>> realise or unsure about it, doesn't it leave them out of the loop for Lion? >>> >>> I suppose the other problem I see with this, is if you have to download it >>> is that some clients don't want to do that. They feel more comfortable with >>> hiring someone to come out and do it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to >>> sound like I'm complaining about a loss of income or anything. I just know >>> that for some, they may not feel comfortable in downloading and installing. >>> They prefer to call me out to do it. I can't now go out and say,..oh, well I >>> have to sit here for a couple of hours while this downloads. >>> Sure I could say,..well start it downloading and call me when it's finished >>> if you have any problems. >>> I'm guessing that once it's downloaded you can burn the dmg file to install >>> it, but then you wouldn't be able to do that as a) it wouldn't have been >>> paid for, for another client and b) wont' give correct "download figures" to >>> Apple. >>> Maybe there will be a "pay but don't download" option. >>> >>> I guess time will tell. >>> Just a couple of things that sprung to mind when I saw it. I mentioned it to >>> another friend of mine who was online at the time and they said, "oh, guess >>> I'll have to watch my downloads for that month as I won't have much of my >>> allowance". So really, they are sort of being penalised in a way. >>> But, as mentioned, if it can be paid for and not downloaded, that may be a >>> work around. :o) >>> >>> Oh well,...Im' sure as more info comes out we'll know. :o) >>> On that note,..time for some sleep I think,..the iCloud info is still >>> scrolling through MacRumors,...but I'll read the rest in the morning. Have >>> to be up in 3 hours,..sigh. >>> >>> Some of the iCloud stuff sounds cool. :o) >>> >>> Kind regards >>> Daniel >>> >>> --- >>> Daniel Kerr >>> MacWizardry >>> >>> Phone: 0414 795 960 >>> Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> >>> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> >>> >>> >>> **For everything Macintosh** >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
