Buying previous versions of indesign

Hi
I am a home user of Quark and would very much like to start using indesign, however my imac running Snow Leopard is not compatible. My question is... is there any way of buying a previous version of Indesign that does run on my platform?
Thanks a million for your help

If you don't want to invest the $700 for the perpetual license, you can also get the cloud subscription, which lets you choose any version starting with CS6. There's a single app plan for $20 per month.
How old is your iMac? Mid 2007 and newer will take Lion 10.7.5, which will let you run ID CC.
OS X Mountain Lion system requirements - Apple Support

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