Lion Or Snow Leopard upgrade questions

[gary c]

Model Name: iMac Model Identifier: iMac5,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac7,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
We have two iMac's from about 2008 I think. We bought a 2011 macbook Air. I am thinking of upgrading the two I mac's to either snow leopard or Lion so we have the latest and greatest software. My question is will Lion or Leopard work on the two I mac's and will we have to upgrade all the existing software that is on our computer at this time? Also will we be able to save all the photos, documents and music that is on the exist ion computers?
As you can tell I don't know much about this subject and thought that all of you knowledge computer guys could help me. I appreciate all comments. Thanks

 

[rkaufmann87]

Model Name: iMac Model Identifier: iMac5,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac7,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
We have two iMac's from about 2008 I think. We bought a 2011 macbook Air. I am thinking of upgrading the two I mac's to either snow leopard or Lion so we have the latest and greatest software. My question is will Lion or Leopard work on the two I mac's and will we have to upgrade all the existing software that is on our computer at this time? Also will we be able to save all the photos, documents and music that is on the exist ion computers?
As you can tell I don't know much about this subject and thought that all of you knowledge computer guys could help me. I appreciate all comments. Thanks

Here are the System Requirements for Lion


Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
2GB of memory (4GB is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED!!!!)
OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended) YES YOU MUST BUY SNOW LEOPARD FIRST!!!!
7GB of available space
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