If you buy a new Mac with Lion already installed, you're SOL

I bought a new 27" iMac i7 this week with Lion preinstalled. My understanding was that, since I now own a copy of Lion, I can install it at no extra cost on my other computers. Not true. I just got off the phone with Apple. I have to buy Lion from the App Store for my MacBook Pro, and then I can share it with another computer. Now, the only other computer I have it the new iMac, which already has Lion on it. You would think that, after spending $2500 on a new computer, you wouldn't have to buy the OS again.
Don't get me wrong. I love Apple and have owned Macs since 1985. But this makes me pretty unhappy. I know it's only $30, but it's the principle of the thing. There's no installer app on my iMac or I'd just copy it over to my laptop. And since you don't get installation discs anymore with new computers, I can't even install it that way.
Boo hiss! :-)

I haven't had any problems with the new iMac playing videos. So far, so good.
As for having the OS preinstalled and no discs in the box, I recently made a recovery disk, just in case I need to reinstall the OS, since there isn't an install app anywhere on the hard drive (at least that I can find). Now, in 27 years of owning Macs, I've never had to reinstall an OS (don't ask about my Windows machines, though!). But there could always be a first time, right? Best to be prepared, just in caes...
Also, I bought my iMac at Small Dog Electronics. I'm very happy with the price I got there, but *they* are the ones who told me I could also install the OS on my MacBook Pro--at no extra cost. When I called Apple I found out differently. So I've let Small Dog know that isn't correct and that they shouldn't be telling people that. I think the reason this happened is because my local store just opened in the past few months, and the employees there aren't as saavy and well-trained as Apple Store employees. This was my first experience not buying directly from Apple, but all in all it's been a good one.
Larry, I got the trackpad, too. After some initial hiccups getting used to it, I absolutely love it.

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