Hear Me Roar: Apple’s Lion Available On USB

News, Archive by SmartHouse AdminAugust 17, 2011June 17, 2017 Share

Apple’s Lion OS X is now available to purchase on a good old fashion piece of hardware: the USB key.

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So far, Lion has been available solely as a purchase from its iTunes store, with people having to download the Blu-ray size equivalent file at a cost of $32.

But to score the download on a USB stick, avoiding the nasty download time and data consumption many net users would notice will set them back more than double, with a price tag of $75.

Presumably, the higher price is being used as an incentive for people to catch up to the digital trend, encouraging people to jump on the iTunes bandwagon.

Apple say Lion “includes over 250 new features that will transform how you interact with your Mac,” as the new software bridges the gap between iOS and OS X, providing a more immersive and interactive computing experience.

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