Download of OS X Lion issues on MBP with SL

I've had an iMac with OS X and just recentky got a 2nd hand MBP (ealry 2011 ver) with Snow Leopard and wanting to have OS X Lion installed.
Question I have is both macs I use and have the same Apple ID - I've purchased Lion from the APP store via the MBP and it shows in my purchases column with option to select 'download' - selecting download nothing seems to be happening, no idication of download in progress etc.
So how can I get the download started ? any suggestions please.
Cheers

Wow, a Early 2011 with Snow Leopard?, that baby could go for a mint on eBay.
It's because Snow Leopard runs PPC code as well as Intel code, a lot of workflows, software, third party hardware etc., isn't ready for 10.7 Lion yet or uses PPC code, so these machines (and their 10.6.4 disks) are in high resale demand by graphic shops, artists etc., especially the Early 2011 models for their power.
selecting download nothing seems to be happening, no idication of download in progress etc.
Perhaps the previous owner purchased something from the AppStore and the two accounts are conflicting DRM's, erase and install 10.6 fresh
How to erase and install Snow Leopard 10.6
It's the way Apple is going now, you have to erase and reinstall OS X with your AppleID, download and purchase software yourself.
iLife is now tied to your Apple ID, so likely the last owners free iLife is tied to their Apple ID, and wont' carry over or update with another's Apple ID.
Since you have the 10.6.4 machine specific disks, the free iLife is included on the disks and will get reinstalled with a fresh 10.6, then later registed to your AppleID for updates.

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LouieAustin wrote:
After downloading OS X Mountain Lion, my mac has become very slow and takes a bit to shut down programmes. What can i do to bring it back up to the speed it was when i had OS X Lion
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