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This is slick, my only problem with it is that Lion is a huge download. It's bad enough waiting on fresh OS installs, but waiting on a download and install would knock the wind out of my sails. I'll be buying the USB stick.

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You can also pull the disk image out of the installer and make your own, rather than paying the $40 premium

That's probably what I'll do. Just have to copy the image before you install, or it disappears in the cleanup.

Could u please go a little more into detail on that?

There you go: http://eggfreckles.net/tech/burning-a-lion-boot-disc/

USB drives come out next month. Won't your download finish before then? :)

I don't think the boot version contains the full download. I'm guessing it contains just enough to start the restore.

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