[martin_fierro]

Installed Lion OK on a Mac Pro.

Then tried installing it on a 2.53 GHz Intel Core i5 Macbook Pro with 467.93 GB free space -- and it kept balking, referring me here.

So, like, wtf.

[freekitty]

Thanks everyone for your help. I have learned a lot from you guys. My champion girl thanks you too.

[TheBattman]

Download started fast, then slowed to a crawl.... so I paused the download and started it back up - and the download came through quick. Took about 35 minutes to install.

Needed to update my Java Runtime component from Apple, which hung mid-download. Repair of permissions and all finally updated ok.

iTunes then updated, as did a few other bits.

Then something odd happened after launching Mail and letting it update the mail database. Checked mail, then I deleted a single email - and this is what appeared:

Thankfully, I scrolled up to the next message and the screen went back to normal. I haven't had any other issues since. I'm starting to get use to the "natural" scrolling.

[SamAdams76]

I upgraded my MacBook Pro to Lion last night.

It was the easiest install of an OS ever.

I do recommend installing any other software updates before downloading Lion. Go to the main Apple menu (top left) and select software updates. I had them pending for three programs including iTunes. Then go to the Apps Store and you will likely see updates there for applications you bought from there.

Then download Lion. Took barely 20 minutes for the 4GB file to come over on my wireless Verizon FIOS connection. After a reboot, it took about 30 minutes for the OS to install and about another hour for everything else to fall into place (i.e. the Spotlight indexing all my files).

The only glitch was when I opened iTunes, for some reason, the library wasn't updated properly so I had to download a patch (just follow the prompts) - took only a few minutes and it was back to normal.

I'm a fairly new Apple user and I must say that the whole experience has been much better than Microsoft so far.