Lion no longer available on Mac App store....

Lion still shows in my Purchases in my Mac App Store account, so it's still downloadable for those who've already purchased it. It's just not available for new purchase. I always strongly recommend making a backup of the installer, though, as a precaution.

Regards.

Since Apple sold hardware within the past 3-4 years that won't run ML, it would be pretty bad, even by their standards, if they pulled Lion completely. I'm very interested in seeing how this unfolds.

You can actually call the Apple Online Store to order Lion.

I called the Apple Store and they told me it's not possible to buy Lion anymore.

@filippogiad - Call again. I used 800.692.7753 and the agent had to look it up but was able to take my order over the phone and they are supposed to send me a code to download it. I believe they just opened it up as of midnight EST last night - so maybe all the sales agents haven't been notified. So call again and have them double check.

Thanks a lot PDilla!

The fact now is that i cant pay with my itunes card (i had one for free buying my ne MacBook Pro).
It's a little bit annoying!

I just called the number PDilla gave; they took my credit card info, and will send a download code and instructions later. I was a little surprised it wasn't immediate, but I'll report back when I get the mail (or when I don't :-) ).

Apple hardware runs a long time (this is an early 2008 Macbook); you'd think they'd keep software such as Lion available for those of us that have hardware that cannot upgrade to Mountain Lion.

Update: In the time since I began typing the info, above I have received an acknowledgement of the order. The email implies that it will be a physical shipment, but the Apple store representative said it would be a code for download. It has not yet shown up in the Purchases section of the Appstore.

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I was instructed (yesterday afternoon) to check with my brick & morter Apples stores to see if they still had Lion Thumb drives in stock. (I have 3 Apple Stores within a 10 minute driving radius).The first store I called, Irvine Spectrum, had a few. I ran right over. The salesguy said they had lots of calls about it.

Having a thumb drive, gives me a liltte more confidence, that I can re-boot, and re-install, if I have any future problems. Buying it on line, does not give me the same confidence.

After dealing with Apple (on phone, online and in store) for the last 24hrs, the best thing is to call SALES, not AppleCare, direct at 1-800-676-2775. With the automated system, say "sales", then "representative". Do NOT let them send you to AppleCare. I have no idea how many people I talked at AppleCare, but they did not get the memo. As of midnight last night you CAN order Lion through sales, they will take your credit card info ($32 bucks or so) and even though they take your "shipping address" you should get an e-mail with a code and instructions in "1-3 days". Again, you need to get ahold of sales, not tech support or AppleCare.

There is software available to create a bootable USB drive.http://blog.gete.net/lion-diskmaker-us/

This is great. But... you need to have the system installer on your hard drive.

It should however, take the worry away about not having a bootable DVD like we had with Snow Leopard, when you download a new system from the App Store or thru a link as mentioned above. Thanks for the link.

how much did they charge you for it?

$29.99, just like when it was at retail.