Originally posted by knighthawk
They will not allow just anyone to come in to the Apple Store and burn the CDs. How would the employees know that you actually purchased the software if they give you free access to copy it? It is more likely that they will have a counter with pre-burned, or mass-produced CDs that we trade for the coupon that came with OSX. Even if the CDs are pre-burned, and they charge you $2 (one for each CD), that is nothing. I am going to pay more in gas to get to the store than that.
I doubt that they'll be burning full copies of OS X 10.1, but rather a CD that allows you to upgrade the version you already have installed. Full release copies of 10.1 <i>in the box</i> will be available at the same time or soon thereafter.
None-the-less, being charged $20 for an upgrade CD isn't all that big of deal, if you ask me. Microsoft has done this with service packs to Windows NT and Windows 2000, but they've always made them available for download.
I hope that it is available for download, personally, but I can imagine how difficult it will be to get during the few days following the release.
Also, I suspect that many Hotline and Carracho servers will have images available that you can burn.
Lastly, since this is such a huge upgrade, I would <b>want</b> to have it on CD in some fashion. I would hate to have to download it every time I had to reinstall my OS.