Buying Lion for OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

[TJC747]

Hi. I have the oldest MacBook (white, first model or whatever), and I have leopard with it (not snow leopard). How do I go about buying Lion? Can I get a CD from the Apple Store? When will it be available?

Also, do you guys recommend me even buying Lion? My Macbook will be 4 years old in October. Is it even worth it? Thanks!

 

[APtalent]

Hi. I have the oldest MacBook (white, first model or whatever), and I have leopard with it (not snow leopard). How do I go about buying Lion? Can I get a CD from the Apple Store? When will it be available?

Also, do you guys recommend me even buying Lion? My Macbook will be 4 years old in October. Is it even worth it? Thanks!

According to Apple,

Your Mac must have an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor to run Lion. Find out if your current Mac has one of these processors by clicking the Apple icon at the top left of your screen, then choosing About This Mac.

You must also have Snow Leopard preinstalled prior to upgrading.

via, Apple.

 

[TJC747]

So I gotta drop $30 for Snow Leopard and then another $30 on top of that for Lion? This sucks...

 

[diamond.g]

So I gotta drop $30 for Snow Leopard and then another $30 on top of that for Lion? This sucks...

If you have the oldest White MacBook Lion wont run on it.

 

[Vader]

If it will be 4 in October, it is not the first or oldest MacBook. The first MacBook had a 1.83 or 2.0 GHz Intel Core Duo and be 5 years old. Requirements for Lion are to have a Intel Core 2 Duo.

Please post the specs of your laptop so we can better asses if your laptop should run Lion.

On the Leopard -> Lion jump, Apple has said that USB drives for installing Lion will be available later in August for $69.99.

 

[seong]

So I gotta drop $30 for Snow Leopard and then another $30 on top of that for Lion? This sucks...

You just said you have the oldest white Macbook, which means you have Core Duo Processor. Lion WILL NOT run on Core Duo. Time to upgrade your machine.

 

[AFPoster]

You can do a "CLEAN" install to get Lion instead of purchasing Snow Leopard. You just have to have a friend who purchased Lion make a boot disc for you.

 

[TJC747]

My bad you guys are right. This is what shows up under About This Mac:

Processor: 2 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo

Memory: 1 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

So I guess the consensus is I could buy Lion for $70 or just end up buying a new Mac.

 

[TJC747]

You can do a "CLEAN" install to get Lion instead of purchasing Snow Leopard. You just have to have a friend who purchased Lion make a boot disc for you.

I'm a noob at some of this stuff - what is a Clean Install? After researching it for a little it appears to make the computer run a lot faster...also, if my friend purchased Lion through the Mac App Store, is there a way he can make a boot disc?

 

[dfine1966]

I'm a noob at some of this stuff - what is a Clean Install? After researching it for a little it appears to make the computer run a lot faster...also, if my friend purchased Lion through the Mac App Store, is there a way he can make a boot disc?

Or you can buy the LionOS on a thumb drive that Apple will be releasing in August. It is a higher price, at 69.99, but you won't need to buy Snow Leopard also.

Apple made the announcement earlier about the thumb drive. I made a thread about it, but for some reason no one read it. Oh well.

 

[technologylive]

I'm a noob at some of this stuff - what is a Clean Install? After researching it for a little it appears to make the computer run a lot faster...also, if my friend purchased Lion through the Mac App Store, is there a way he can make a boot disc?

When you want Lion, you have two options: upgrade or clean install.
Upgrading means you keep all your files and applications and replace the operating system by Lion.
Clean install is completely wipe your drive and install Lion on the clean drive.
Then you will lose your files and data, unless you backuped those.
Upgrading is only possible when Snow Leopard is installed on your system, so when you have Leopard you will first need to upgrade to SL and then to Lion. (double cost)
That's why it's recommended to do a clean install, but don't forget do backup your data to an external hard drive!