What do I need to do to upgrade to a 10.6? I have a Mac OSx version 10.5.8

You need 1 GB RAM and 5 GB space on the HDD. 7GB if you install developer tools.

Ciao.

Giving just the basics, first you need to confirm that your iMac will run 10.6. See:

http://support.apple.com/kb/SP575

Then you need to confirm that your applications and peripherals will run under 10.6 or that they can be upgraded to do so.

Finally, you need to purchase a retail copy of 10.6. See:

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A

Regards.

See this tip.

I have dug through a number of threads, and have yet to find a download link for Snow Leopard that works. Anyone got a functional one that they want to share?

Thanks

Apple has never made Snow Leopard available for download. You will need to buy the retail disk package.