How do I purchase 10.7 Lion, now Mavericks has been released?

CALL the support number for the Apple Online store.

They will sell you a download code. You pay by credit card. They send you the code in an email in 1 to 3 days.

Since Mt Lion was released the only way to buy Lion was to call Apple sales and buy it over the phone. Apple will then send a Redemption code to your Apple ID email address that you can use in the Mac App Store to redeem, download and install Lion. At least that was the way it was.

But now since Mavericks is a FREE upgrade they might of stopped selling both Lion and Mt Lion. The only way you can get either of those 2 previous version of OS X was from the MAS and to do that you needed Snow Leopard 10.6.7 or .8. Now if you have SL 10.6.8 you can get Mavericks for FREE. If your Mac computer can't run Mt Lion or Mavericks then Apple might just hang you out in the wind. Figuring IF you hadn't bother to upgrade an OLDER Mac to Lion, one that can't run Mt Lion but can run Lion (Lion has been out for over 2.5 years now), it's time for you to buy a new computer. Apple stops all support for their computers after 5 years. So if you have a early 2007 model you are stuck with running whatever version of OS X is now on it.

LowLuster wrote:

But now since Mavericks is a FREE upgrade they might of stopped selling both Lion and Mt Lion. The only way you can get either of those 2 previous version of OS X was from the MAS and to do that you needed Snow Leopard 10.6.7 or .8. Now if you have SL 10.6.8 you can get Mavericks for FREE. If your Mac computer can't run Mt Lion or Mavericks then Apple might just hang you out in the wind. Figuring IF you hadn't bother to upgrade an OLDER Mac to Lion, one that can't run Mt Lion but can run Lion (Lion has been out for over 2.5 years now), it's time for you to buy a new computer. Apple stops all support for their computers after 5 years. So if you have a early 2007 model you are stuck with running whatever version of OS X is now on it.

Many assumptions and speculation on your part. Do you have any firm evidence that Apple WILL hang users 'out in the wind'?

Yes they dropped the standard Macbook Pro model. What does someone do that does not want a Sealed Computer? Buy something other than Apple.

You dodged the question Ogelthorpe was trying to get to.

Do you know for sure that older Mac OS X has been made completely unavailable?

As far as on the MAS yes. I just did a search for Mt Lion (Mountain Lion) and nothing came up. I'm not going to bother calling Apple to see if it is available over the phone, or Lion.

Didn't dodge any question. It is what Apple does.

Mountain Lion right here for download:

https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/41879/apple-os-x-mountain-lion

If you cannot run Mavericks you can purchase the code to use to download Lion from the App Store (Lion requires an Intel-based Mac with a Core 2 Duo, i3, i5, i7 or Xeon processor and 2GB of RAM, running the latest version of Snow Leopard), by calling Apple Customer Care 1-800-692-7753 or 1-800-676-2775.

LowLuster wrote:

Yes they dropped the standard Macbook Pro model. What does someone do that does not want a Sealed Computer? Buy something other than Apple.

This is to be found in the Apple online store and I do not believe it is a 'sealed computer' but a 'standard model' (at least by how I understand your terms). If I am wrong, please correct me.

The absence of a direct response to my prior query strongly suggests that there is NO FIRM EVIDENCE.

Ciao.

OK but not the 15". which is what I use.

PlotinusVeritas-

That link is for the 10.8.5 Update, and requires 10.8.4 installed.

You might want to double-check the model & processor & Lion requirements, since early ones had core duo not the core 2 duo that Lion requires. In any case, a maximum of 2GB memory (if I recall correctly) could be a pain with Lion compared to Snow, at least in my experience & in reading here.

THIS JUST IN!

these redemption codes no longer require a telephone call. They are now readily avaliable for sale in the Apple Online Store, for redemption code delivery typically in one day. The rest of the procedure is the same:

http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6106Z/A/os-x-lion

http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6377Z/A/os-x-mountain-lion

http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6377Z/A/os-x-mountain-lion

EDIT: whoops, I see you posted it first 😉

Many assumptions and speculation on your part. Do you have any firm evidence that Apple WILL hang users 'out in the wind'?

Yet another example of why downloaded software is bad for the consumer. Many times I have needed older versions of software and can often find them legally for sale on eBay or elsewhere.

Now we must submit to always using the latest version of everything even if it obsoletes some of our perfectly working hardware.

Downloaded software only has advantages for the seller.