OSX 10.9 (Mavericks) Software Update redirects to App Store

Hi folks - I just updated to OSX 10.9 (Mavericks) from OSX 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) yesterday. I have had to update some incompatible programs but otherwise it seems to be working smoothly so far.
I have updated the iWork programs and Garageband using the App Store successfully. My iLife '09 programs (iMovie and iPhoto) need a paid update which I will get around to.
My question is whether in the future it will be possible to download stand-alone update installers for deployment among different machines like I used to, or whether I will have to update each machine individually using wi-fi.
Thanks for reading.

The apps are only temporarily placed while downloading at:
~/Library/Application Support/AppStore
Once downloaded, they're moved to:
/Applications
That means you can't really save the installers, unless they apps are in a format like the OS X installer.

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