I want to move from 10.5.8 to Lion...

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Slimjimmery Author

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I want to move from 10.5.8 to Lion...

I currently use an iMac which is running 10.5.8

I like the look of Lion and want to jump to it.

My question is....

Do I have to buy 10.6.X(Snow Lepard?) for my iMac THEN ALSO buy Lion when it comes out?

And an additional question...

If I do thave to do that... do I buy a "sungle user" or "family pack" licence?

The iMac is the only machine it is going on... but there are 3 users on it. So does this mean I need a "family" pack?

Very confusing!

Thanks in advance....

iMac 24", Mac OS X (10.5.8), Intel 2.8

Posted on Jun 8, 2011 12:17 AM

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PAHU

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Jun 8, 2011 12:47 AM in response to Slimjimmery

According to Apple you must have the latest version of Snow Leopard so that you can purchase Lion via the Mac App Store (MAS).

http://www.apple.com/macosx/how-to-buy/

And you only need to buy the single copy. It doesn't matter the number of users if it is only being installed on one Mac.

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Slimjimmery Author

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Jun 8, 2011 12:50 AM in response to PAHU

Thanks for that... single user copy... great.

Can't believe they make you upgrade twice! Crazyness! 😐

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PAHU

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Jun 8, 2011 12:55 AM in response to Slimjimmery

If they do eventually release Lion on media then you may not have the need to update? But at this point we are being told that you need to purchase/download via the MAS and this means that you need at least 10.6.6 so that you get that application.

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