To make things as simple as possible we have split this article into several sections so you can jump right to the section you most want/need to learn about.
So jump after the break to see the full article and learn more than you would want to know about the Lion installation process. In this article we include a step-by-step guide for the typical Lion upgrade process, explain what the new Recovery Partition is, how to make your own bootable Lion Installation media, how to do a clean Lion installation and a helpful Q&A section. To help you (or perhaps a family member or friend who may need a little guidance) with the various installation methods, and how the Mac App Store changes things, we’ve prepared the following post. That digital channel, the recently released Mac App Store, is the main way in which Apple is selling Lion. Apple today released Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and it is the first release of OS X to be distributed primarily through a digital channel.