Snow Leopard an update or New OS?

[HiFiGuy528]

This is a silly question, but is Snow Leopard an update to 10.5 Leopard or a new OS altogether (buy new OS disc).?

 

[robbieduncan]

As discussed in other threads it is 10.6. And it will almost certainly not be free.

 

[dukebound85]

new

read the snow leopard sticky thread for more info

 

[mknawabi]

It's somewhere in the middle of an upgrade and a new OS.

 

[GimmeSlack12]

Snow Leopard is a major upgrade (10.5 up to 10.6) for OS X and therefore incurs a fee (i.e. you pay $129 and get a new disc).

The term "New OS" is kind of hard to define as veteran and novices computer users could interpret this term very differently.

 

[Catfish_Man]

I'm still skeptical that they'll charge full price for it, but we shall see. Difficult to market.