HT1338 is it normal to take a long time to download OS X Lion?

it is taking a very long time to download OS X Lion. How long should it take?

JOfromON wrote:
it is taking a very long time to download OS X Lion. How long should it take?
It depends on your download speed. It is over 4GB so it can take a few hours, sometimes more. How long has it been going for now?
Cheers
Pete

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