A USB thumb drive has been released by Apple which is available for purchase from online Apple Store across the world. This thumb drive is an easy way to install Mac OS X Lion on your Mac family without the need of an internet connection. It comes at a price tag of $69 which would hit physical Apple Stores soon. At a price of $69, Mac OS X Lion thumb drive is a bit expensive from the online downloadable version from Mac App Store that is available for $29.99.
As per the description mentioned on the page, you wouldn’t able to install Mac OS X Lion from the recovery if you used Mac OS X Lion USB thumb drive. You would require to use USB thumb drain again to reinstall Mac OS X Lion. Mac OS X Lion has 250 new features compared to the previous operating system, that is, Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Some of them includes full screen application support, new gestures, Air drop, Mission control, Launchpad, etc. If you don’t have an internet connection or your can’t download 4GB of data from internet due to low bandwidth, Mac OS X Lion USB thumb drive is meant for you.
[via 9to5Mac]