I have OSx 10.5.8. Can i update my software to 10.6 or later free of charge?

Free of charge ... NO. Snow Leopard is a paid upgrade.

Before buying anything you should first make sure your machine will accept the upgrade you have in mind.

Minimum specs for Snow Leopard. Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard -Read the Technical Specifications

For 71, and anyone else answering this kind of question;

The URL for the SL update is identical for all countries, except for the country code just after apple.com;

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard

Substitute that with /uk/, /de/, /fr/ and so on for other countries.

Ah yes. I think you told me before. 😊

Hope you are well. For some reason I hadn't noticed your link in your profile ... further 😊. I'll register and take a closer look later.

Hi noondaywitch,

< Off topic > Suddenly the option to register on your site has disappeared ???

<off topic>

Not sure what you're looking for - I don't have a website. My email's there, but only visible when I want it to be.

Now I'm really confused. By accident I clicked on your profile and a message came up. To learn more about noondaywitch ... sign in or register.

I did neither at first but some while after I'd responded to your post I tried to register but the message had changed to an Apple style message promising to 'be back shortly'. Since then the option has gone.

No problem.

Forum glitch. You're already signed in to be able to post.

The link should take you straight to my profile (which is rather sparse).