Reply to: The Official Mac Fanboi Thread

[d000hg]

Sadly, my MacBook is Intel Core Duo (the 584th to be built in week 30 - July - of 2006, as it happens) and Lion requires Core 2 Duo or upwards, being 64-bit; so Snow Leopard is the current and final OS X version this machine will run

Ah well, it's been a damn fine machine for five years and still has plenty of life left in it for various purposes, but I suppose I'll have to use Lion as the excuse to get a new one

That's interesting, I'd never heard that Lion would not run on some Intel Macs, or that it was exclusively 64-bit; the latter seems a bold move.

[DaveB]

Is there anyway to do this after install

Edit: Install worked fine but would like to anyway

The installer deletes itself afterwards I believe. You might be able to down load it again from the app store now you have paid for it.

[Pondlife]

Not tried it myself yet, but apparently to get a Lion Bootable install disc.....

1. Purchase and download Lion from the Mac App Store on any Lion compatible Mac running Snow Leopard.
2. Right click on “Mac OS X Lion” installer and choose the option to “Show Package Contents.”
3. Inside the Contents folder that appears you will find a SharedSupport folder and inside the SharedSupport folder you will find the “InstallESD.dmg.” This is the Lion boot disc image we have all been waiting for.
4. Copy “InstallESD.dmg” to another folder like the Desktop.
5. Launch Disk Utility and click the burn button.
6. Select the copied “InstallESD.dmg” as the image to burn, insert a standard sized 4.7 GB DVD, and wait for your new Lion Boot Disc to come out toasty hot.

Is there anyway to do this after install

Edit: Install worked fine but would like to anyway

[Pondlife]

Downloading.

/drums fingers on desk

[DaveB]

Not tried it myself yet, but apparently to get a Lion Bootable install disc.....

1. Purchase and download Lion from the Mac App Store on any Lion compatible Mac running Snow Leopard.
2. Right click on “Mac OS X Lion” installer and choose the option to “Show Package Contents.”
3. Inside the Contents folder that appears you will find a SharedSupport folder and inside the SharedSupport folder you will find the “InstallESD.dmg.” This is the Lion boot disc image we have all been waiting for.
4. Copy “InstallESD.dmg” to another folder like the Desktop.
5. Launch Disk Utility and click the burn button.
6. Select the copied “InstallESD.dmg” as the image to burn, insert a standard sized 4.7 GB DVD, and wait for your new Lion Boot Disc to come out toasty hot.

Good find.

Now I wonder if that disk would then allow an upgrade on another device.....

It works and it does (sort of).

You can't install as an upgrade over anything below Snow Leopard but you can do a clean install with it. Will have a go at the weekend on the iMac and see how it goes.

[craig1]

Is anyone who is now on Lion also using MSOffice:mac 2011?

If so, does it run ok or is it super slooooow?

Ditto for virtualbox.

Runs fine for me on my 4GB, 2011 i7 15" MBP.

I did have to run some updates after installing Lion. For example Live Mesh required an update before it would run again.

[SimonMac]

Is anyone who is now on Lion also using MSOffice:mac 2011?

If so, does it run ok or is it super slooooow?

Ditto for virtualbox.

Office works fine for me

(2011 MBP, i3 and 4GB ram)

[Pondlife]

How much memory have you got? Lion wants a minimum of 2GB.

8Gb on an i7 2011 MBP

[Sysman]

Is anyone who is now on Lion also using MSOffice:mac 2011?

If so, does it run ok or is it super slooooow?

Ditto for virtualbox.

How much memory have you got? Lion wants a minimum of 2GB.

[Pondlife]

Is anyone who is now on Lion also using MSOffice:mac 2011?

If so, does it run ok or is it super slooooow?

Ditto for virtualbox.

[craig1]

Also annoying is that I've found that Front Row has been dropped. Spent an annoying amount of time getting it re-installed.

(I use Front Row as a media centre app with an old Apple Remote Control)

[DS23]

ipod classic 2006
macbook 2007
time capsule 2008
macbookpro 2011
iphone 2011

does that make me a fanboi?

[DaveB]

Apple used to do a 30 day no quibble guarantee. Might be worth checking that?

PS. on Lion right now before I get on the train and work with windows all day

pps. This scrolling switch will take some time to get used to.

They will also let you return it and get the new version is it's within a month or so of release. And you can get Lion for free on the Up-To-Date program if you bought it after the 8th June.

[portseven]

downloaded lion last night, took about 90mins from start to finish including downloads

am not blown away, i like the gestures, launchpad, mission control, full screen stuff

other than that ... meh

anyone found the browser only mode, or virtualisation stuff yet?

[Moscow Mule]

Well, it's official... Lion in the App Store, new Mac Airs (Typical, mine arrived last month), New Mac Minis, New Mac Display and the old faithful Mac Book to be withdrawn from service.

Apple used to do a 30 day no quibble guarantee. Might be worth checking that?

PS. on Lion right now before I get on the train and work with windows all day

pps. This scrolling switch will take some time to get used to.