Mac OS X 10.5.8 update to Lion

Good Evening:

I need to buy XOS Snow Leopard in order to run LION.

Where can I buy it TODAY?

Thank you very much in advance,

Marynett

To promote the app store Mappletosh made it available for free, see

http://download.cnet.com/Apple-Mac-OS-X-Snow-Leopard/3000-18513_4-90306.html

But, my Mac Mini from way back, running normal Leopard (10.5.8), gives a vague message when I try to install. Freely translated from Dutch: "'Mac OS X-update can't be installed on this computer.'"

Does anyone have some info on that? Running as admin

is_good,

That's probably because the pre-requisite operating system or machine hardware is not present:

1. You can't install Lion (10.7) on top of a machine with 10.6.5 or less, unless there is no operating system present.

2. You can't install Mountain Lion (10.8) on a machine with 10.6.7 or less regardless.

3. You can't use the installer from the restore partition of a Mac that was prebundled with Lion or Mountain Lion on another Mac.

4. You can't install 10.6 gray discs on a Mac model of a different vintage or model than the gray disc shipped with.

5. You can't install 10.6 Update or Dropin discs on anything but a Mac that shipped new August 8 to August 29th, 2010.

6. You can't install 10.6 on a Mac with less than 1 GB of RAM (768MB is less).

7. You can't install 10.6 on a Mac with a G4 processor.

8. You can't install 10.7 on a Mac with a CoreDuo, or CoreSolo or G4 processor.

9. For Mac Minis, the Machine ID must be Mac Mini 3,1 or later to install 10.8 If it says 2,x 1,x, or PowerPC it can't install 10.8.

10. For 10.8, a minimum of 2 GB of RAM must be installed.

If none of these solve your problem, please start a new topic thread here.

ctgnita,

Call your country's Apple Store. 10.6 is not necessary if you can get the 10.7 USB Flash drive. Before upgrading to 10.7 or later, consider the fact all PowerPC applications will be useless in that environment, and read this tip:

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2465

I have an old macbook with a 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. Are there any ways to upgrade this OS if it's ot compatible with Snow Leopard?