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Upgrading to Mac OS X 10.7

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NameTheUser

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Hi,

I have a little problem. At the moment I'm using Mac OS X 10.5.8, but I'd like to upgrade to 10.7. I know that in order to do so, you have to be on 10.6 but the Snow Leopard Install Disk isn't sold in the retail stores anymore. What should I do?
 
Hang on if your still on leopard that must mean your on a fairly old machine and snow leopard will probably give you better performance with the hardware your running. I know that my MacBook ran slower when I upgraded to lion and its a 2010 model (specs below). Obviously if you need a service like iCloud because you were a previous mobile me user then you kinda have no choice.
 
It is a 2008 Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook that I want to upgrade. But what if I just upgrade it to 10.6? As you mentioned, that 10.7 would make MacBook slow.
 
Yes 10.6 is a must. A 2008 isn't that bad but a bit more ram would help if you wanted to go on 10.7. I would go onto 10.6 and then if you fell like there are features that you want that are missing then I would say a little upgrade like 4gb of ram to get 10.7 to run nice.

I hope this helps 🙂
 
But I still have a problem, where can I find the Snow Leopard Install Disk? There aren't any Apple Retail Stores in my country, only resellers, but they don't seem to have those install disks on sale anymore. 😀
 
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