Comments on: Apple Killing Off More Boxed Software From Stores

By: Ergys Ura

Ergys Ura — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:50:00 +0000

they are calling all the men from other battles to arms at the main gate, its time, its here, its the THE APP WAR hahaha boy i cant wait to see what happens :D

By: Ergys Ura

Ergys Ura — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:50:00 +0000

they are calling all the men from other battles to arms at the main gate, its time, its here, its the THE APP WAR hahaha boy i cant wait to see what happens :D

By: Ergys Ura

Ergys Ura — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:50:00 +0000

they are calling all the men from other battles to arms at the main gate, its time, its here, its the THE APP WAR hahaha boy i cant wait to see what happens :D

By: Charlie Potatoes

Charlie Potatoes — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:03:00 +0000

http://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/18/make-an-os-x-lion-boot-disc/

By: Smurfrow

Smurfrow — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:01:00 +0000

It’s the next step for software. It’s uncomfortable, but so far it’s working slick. I totally dig it. Also, it’s environmentally friendly.

By: Kisai

Kisai — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 01:30:00 +0000

Time Capsule and roll back. That’s what Apple would like you to do. Or of course you could redownload the entire thing. The TC is pretty easy to use.

By: Kisai

Kisai — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 01:30:00 +0000

Time Capsule and roll back. That’s what Apple would like you to do. Or of course you could redownload the entire thing. The TC is pretty easy to use.

By: Kisai

Kisai — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 01:30:00 +0000

Time Capsule and roll back. That’s what Apple would like you to do. Or of course you could redownload the entire thing. The TC is pretty easy to use.

By: Rvbeien

Rvbeien — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 01:27:00 +0000

Link to whatever black magic you’re talking about please!

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 01:06:00 +0000

I read somewhere else that they have a web based OS restore. That may be “nice” but if your box dies and you need to boot from a DVD, how does that help? I’m all for options but totally removing DVD based SW media from stores doesn’t seem like the most brilliant idea. Sure, I buy and download many commercial programs from the Internet that I use daily, but most of them allow me to burn a copy to a DVD so I can reinstall it myself, without having to do a web based restore. The last thing I would want to do while out on the road and without a solid usable Internet connection is to try to restore such a device. One of my computers is a netbook from 2007 from Acer. It works great, has a restore option and works with an external USB DVD drive that I picked up for $75. I do have many Apple products including computing devices like the iPad2 but I also have Windows devices and really appreciate the freedom to purchase software and hardware from pretty much wherever I want. You don’t have that kind of choice with Apple. If anyone is old enough to remember their groundbreaking add reminiscent of 1984, Apple has become the IBM company from the early 1980s when everything IBM sold was proprietary. Of course, those that don’t know any better don’t recognize that similarity. Apple is a marketing machine. I like their products, but I know what I’m giving up when I purchase one and that’s why they will always have a limited role in my home. I prefer open architectures and solutions, including Linux based operating systems.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:52:00 +0000

Its extremely easy to make an installable copy of Lion from the app. Engadget already made a hand-holding article about it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:51:00 +0000

BALLS!

By: Stanley J

Stanley J — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:50:00 +0000

so what do you do when a crash wrecks these apps. Its very difficult if not impossible, at least in the windows environment I know, to make an installable copy of the OS.

Again, I dont understand apple. But my son has apple and he has always bought copies where you have a reinstallable disk.

Help, or is this just apple being arrogant.

By: Stanley J

Stanley J — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:50:00 +0000

so what do you do when a crash wrecks these apps. Its very difficult if not impossible, at least in the windows environment I know, to make an installable copy of the OS.

Again, I dont understand apple. But my son has apple and he has always bought copies where you have a reinstallable disk.

Help, or is this just apple being arrogant.