I am new to Upgrading Mac OS's...help please.

Hello
So I have a couple of questions regarding upgrading both my Mac and my Macbook Pro.
First of all, I have 10.5.8 on my Mac, and 10.6.8 on my Macbook.
My first question will be is how do I go about installing 10.7 (Lion) on my Mac which currently has 10.5.8. I could never figure out how to install 10.6.8 onto it, and my Macbook Pro simply came with 10.6 already installed.
Secondly, if I buy OS X Lion in the App store, do I have to buy a copy of it for both my Mac and my Macbook Pro or will it work for both?
Lastly, will I lose everything on my Mac and Macbook Pro when I install OS X Lion? Should I back up all my data beforehand?
Thanks in advance!

First off, make sure that your Mac capable of running Lion (double check the hardware specs). If your MBPro came with 10.6, you're good with that one.
If both computers are registered to the same Apple ID (the one you use to purchase apps and media from the iTunes and Apple App stores), then one purchase will work with both. Once you've bought it on one computer, log into the App store on the other and click on "purchases". The installer app for Lion will be available for download.
As for losing everything on your computers when you upgrade, no, you *shouldn't* lose anything. If all goes according to plan, the install will keep all of your applications, documents, settings and preferences, and you'll boot into the new system with all of the new features, but all of your stuff will work just like it did before. Now, having said that, you should STILL back up your data beforehand... sometimes things go down the tubes for no apparent reason, so you should definitely protect yourself. I upgraded my iMac yesterday, but did so by purchasing a brand new 1.5 terabyte hard drive and installing Lion to it (it was only $79.00 from Seagate, so it's a cheap piece of insurance). I allowed the installer to copy over my settings, documents, and applications. I'm now running Lion on the iMac from the external, and my Snow Leopard install on the internal drive is untouched. If something had gone wrong, I'd have been able to simply boot from the internal drive with no loss of data. Once I'm sure everything is good with the iMac, I'll backup my MacBook and install Lion on it. I'll leave the internal drive on the iMac with the Snow Leopard install in case I need to use an application that doesn't run in Lion. I've got a few that fall into that category, so I need to keep a working install to run them. So far, all is good, but with any new system there are bound to be some weirdnesses and I'd rather be safe than sorry.

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