How long should I expect Mountain Lion to download?

I just purchased Mountain Lion. In Launch pad is says it's downloading. What is the typical download time?
What will happen after it's finished?
Thanks!
Billy

As Kurt Lang points out, the full Mountain Lion installer is a very large download and the connection you have determines the limit in speed over which you download rate won't go. But how fast the Apple servers deliver it may be less than that limit, depending on what else they have to do, so it may take longer than the theoretical minimum time. (When iOS 7 was first released, my Mac OS installer download speed dropped to the KBs range on a 50Mbs line.)
Try this: run Activity Monitor in the Utilities Folder and click on Network button at the bottom while the download is proceeding. You'll see the current rate at which you're actually receiving the installer file; it may be lower than your theoretical maximum and it may also not stay constant for the entire download.
Nothing is ever simple...

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Here's ehat i responded to another forum trooper:
Ok here aremy recommendations for your consideration:
Goto the “apple “on your top menu bar. Click 1stoption (About this Mac) a small screen will appear
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letterslike this: MacBookPro.
Nextgo the “Systems Report” button: press.
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ModelInformation:
SerialNumber:     ****************** (not shown by me)
Manufacturer:     DP
DeviceName:     ******************(not shown by me)
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PCBLot Code:     0
FirmwareVersion:     406
HardwareRevision:     1
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I am aregistered Apple Developer and sorta a hardware guru and builtmy first computer in the early '70's from scratch. I program also inmost languages but prefer CLI (Command Line Interface) through “AppleTerminal” which I program the actual i7 microprocessor and theGPU(Graphics Processor Unit) . Try the “terminal” but cautionwith the “sudo” command. Of course machine code, morespecifically, BSD(a flavor of UNIX) is what's under Apple's AQUA GUI(pronounced ”goo-ee”) is the (Graphical User Interface).
USAF Captainserved the Liaison Officer at Dallas Naval Air Station (now closed)and WISP (Wartime Information Security Program) USAF Captain.
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I've read 100's of posts on this and have yet to get an answer--how long should I expect my battery to last when my ipod is on, with screen on (auto lock on NEVER), doing nothing, no apps open (actually I removed all apps for this test), wifi OFF, location OFF, everything possible OFF, so just the screen on. This is ipod touch 8gb "3rd" gen, has os 4.2 but problem was same before with os 3.1. I get about 8 hours before battery dies. Is this normal? Warranty is just about up and I need to decide whether to pursue this with Apple. Thanks!

frostytheiceman wrote:
how long should I expect my battery to last when my ipod is on, with screen on (auto lock on NEVER), doing nothing, no apps open (actually I removed all apps for this test), wifi OFF, location OFF, everything possible OFF, so just the screen on.
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