Apple’s Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Launches Tomorrow Morning

According to the reporting on MacRumors.com here of today’s financial conference call by Apple, the new version of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion will be released on Wednesday, July 20. It will be available as a digital download through Apple’s App Store, which is built into the latest version of 10.6 Snow Leopard. The new OS will download and install from an already installed version of Snow Leopard. According to the instructions on OSXDaily.com here, you can create a clean install bootable DVD after purchasing and downloading Lion through the App Store. Good luck with your upgrades!

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Jason W. Ellis

I am an Associate Professor of English at the New York City College of Technology, CUNY whose teaching includes composition and technical communication, and research focuses on science fiction, neuroscience, and digital technology. Also, I direct the B.S. in Professional and Technical Writing Program and coordinate the City Tech Science Fiction Collection, which holds more than 600 linear feet of magazines, anthologies, novels, and research publications.