Cheapest way to upgrade from 10.0

I have a G4 sitting around with OS 10.0 on it. I'm looking to get it working so it can at least use safari or firefox (i.e. an OS that can use new software). I think that requires me to have at least 10.2. I post this in the snow leopard forum to see if there's an inexpensive way to upgrade to 10.6. Snow leopard is only $29 for leopard users, right?
Thank you, Eric

Snow Leopard will not work on non-Intel machines like your G4.
You can purchase the Snow Leopard Pack - $169 - with Leo, Snow Leo, and iWorks and iLife, I think. Pretty good deal. But you will need an Intel Mac to use Snow.

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