Question for my fellow Apple fanboys/fangirls

[topolino]

What do you know about the new OS X Lion update that is coming out later this month? Is it worth my $30 to install it on my MacBook Pro?

I've heard that people who've seen it in preview are raving about it, so I'm hoping it lives up.

 

[pittsburghmarc]

IMO the fact that it's only $30 makes it a no-brainer.

I love that Apple doesn't over-charge for these upgrades. Much better than having to pay 4x as much for windows.

 

[Disneybridein2k3]

This is what the Apple blog says:

As foreshadowed by Apple making many of its leading iWork and iLife products available in the Mac App Store, the next version of OS X will also be sold only through the Mac App Store. This is yet another step away from traditional media distribution as Apple will effectively be cutting out other means of software distribution like Amazon. The update will be available for download in July for just $29.

Weighing in at just over 4 GB each download, this update will likely be a major contender with Netflix for internet bandwidth. Especially as Apple’s 54 million Mac users begin to upgrade. While priced the same as OS X Snow Leopard, this cat is no slouch. With over 250 new features, Mac users will be more likely to want to update sooner rather than later.

What will be interesting this time around is how one performs this download-based upgrade. While users have gotten familiar with the upgrade process of the disk-based distribution, the Mac OS X upgrade path will likely be a little different; requiring enough free hard drive space for the download, the upgrade process, and the larger OS foot print that will likely result. At a time when Mac users are opting for the faster yet smaller SSDs, extra hard drive space, like network bandwidth will be at a premium.

I will be getting it. Looks like a lot of features for a very small price.
Like most everything else I hear about on the Dis, it's something I didn't realize I NEEDED until I heard about it here.

 

[topolino]

I'll definitely be getting, it looks like it's well worth the price.

Now it's just a question of when. Apple is annoyingly vague sometimes about release dates.