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Install lion to blank hard disc?
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<blockquote data-quote="andyroo77" data-source="post: 1308475" data-attributes="member: 217875"><p>Hi all, OS X newb here, perhaps someone smart can advise.</p><p></p><p>My sister just bought a refurbished MacBook pro (Feb 2011 version) and is kindly giving me her old early 2009 13" MacBook currently running OS X leopard. </p><p></p><p>I have bought a 750GB harddrive I wish to use to replace the existing one in my inherited MacBook. I also wish to be running a clean install of the new lion operating system.</p><p></p><p>Now I read you must have snow leopard to get lion and as the MacBook is running leopard that means forking out $29 for snow leopard then $29 for lion. But... as I want a clean install on my new harddrive, is there a way I can download lion with my sister's new MacBook pro and install it straight to new new harddisc, install it to the MacBook and save $29 and bypass snow leopard?</p><p></p><p>If possible, a detailed explanation would be most welcome for this Mac noob.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="andyroo77, post: 1308475, member: 217875"] Hi all, OS X newb here, perhaps someone smart can advise. My sister just bought a refurbished MacBook pro (Feb 2011 version) and is kindly giving me her old early 2009 13" MacBook currently running OS X leopard. I have bought a 750GB harddrive I wish to use to replace the existing one in my inherited MacBook. I also wish to be running a clean install of the new lion operating system. Now I read you must have snow leopard to get lion and as the MacBook is running leopard that means forking out $29 for snow leopard then $29 for lion. But... as I want a clean install on my new harddrive, is there a way I can download lion with my sister's new MacBook pro and install it straight to new new harddisc, install it to the MacBook and save $29 and bypass snow leopard? If possible, a detailed explanation would be most welcome for this Mac noob. [/QUOTE]
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