Apple's June 6 announcement at WWDC on the availability of Apple's OS X Lion (check out our OS X Lion review) raised as much excitement as it did questions, particularly surrounding OS X Lion Server. Apple's latest OS is unprecedented as it is an OS that will be downloadable through the Mac Apple Store.
Purchasing OS X Lion client via the Apple store seems easy, straightforward and affordable at $30 for end users who want the latest version of OS X. Questions arise when pondering how businesses will download OS X Lion Server and deploy the client to multiple machines in an organization. Some of these concerns were outlined in "Apple's OS X Lion Server Adds New Features, But Raises Questions" such as, how do businesses upgrade older clients and how much could doing such upgrades potentially cost, and just what licensing model is Apple offering businesses some of which run hundreds, maybe thousands of Mac clients?
Apple has posted a PDF clarifying some details about purchasing and deploying OS X Lion in a business. While only accessible to authorized purchases on Apple's sales site, MacRumors has posted a copy of the PDF.
In summary:
Apple lists the official system requirements for OS X Lion as a Mac running an Intel Core 2 Duo, i3, i5, i7 or Xeon processor with 2 GB memory. Systems must be running Mac OS X Snow Leopard v10.6.6 or later to upgrade to OS X Lion.