Will MacBook Pros sold in July come with OS X Lion Pre-installed?

I want to get a MacBook Pro for my 16th Birthday this summer in July, and I was wondering if OS X Lion will come pre-installed for free with any Mac sold after the official release date of Lion? I would rather not have to spend money or wait to buy a Mac until it becomes free, but if I need to I will. Just wondering.

I bought a Mac air on July 9th, just a few days ago, and Lion was not installed by default, of course, not available yet. But I was told by the Apple representative that I will be able to download Lion for free, later.
Now looking back, I think I got lucky. This is my 1st Mac but I'm a long time Linux and Windows users. I would like to see how smooth the upgrades are before jumping into Lion. If Os X works like Ubuntu, some in-place upgrades tend to break existing applications. I know hardware/software integration is better on Mac, but still is a scary step to me.
I also installed couple of applications on Snow Leopard, including Office 2011 for Mac and not so sure if that will work or not under Lion.

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