Do I need to upgrade to Snow Leopard before downloading the new Lion?

MacConvert54 wrote:
Now that Lion will be coming out, do I need to upgrade first to Snow Leopard and then Lion or can I download Lion as an upgrade to Leopard?

Those details haven't been revealed yet. Don't hold your breath for Lion. According to the Apple event yesterday, it won't be available until next summer.

And Lion isn't an upgrade to Snow Leopard. It will be a whole new OS version that you will have to purchase once it's released next year.

If Lion is considered to be a different OS and not an upgrade than it would stand to reason you could just skip snow leopard. I would expect that there is no price break for converting to lion from leopard or snow leopard, but is there any benefit to stepping up to Snow Leopard at this late date if you can get by? is the $30 worth it?

The only thing that I think is cool that you can get if you have snow leopard is facetime for mac. Is it worth $30? Not to me.

I have one machine on snow leopard, and the other on Leopard (partly because the DVD is broken on it, and I never use the DVD for anything so its not worth fixing it), and the difference is minimal, except for momentum scrolling on the magic mouse, and face-time, you don't need it. I will say it does seem to run a bit smoother, since both machines have the same memory. ( i find the macbook slower then the air, and the Macbook has a faster 2.ghz processor), so wait for Lion.

rckenan17 wrote:
The only thing that I think is cool that you can get if you have snow leopard is facetime for mac. Is it worth $30? Not to me.

Don't forget the Mac App Store, released today with OS X 10.6.6. Of course, you may have the same impression of that. iLife '11 also requires Snow Leopard.