My downloads have been running for about a half an hour now in terms of downloading my music, however I believe this is because of the fact I squeezed in my purchase just before the link was removed from the homepage. The pictures have come back on the page, but the link has not returned.
A quick tip for anyone who already purchased their downloads and had the system time out on them, restart iTunes and tell it to check for purchases under the “Advanced” menu.
Bear in mind these downloads will be twice as large as the songs you originally bought on iTunes.
In other news, I checked the Apple Store near Moscone and apparently iWork won’t be hitting retail until later in the week. It’s available to buy now online. If you want to try it out, the free 30-day demo download is here.