I can't seem to upgrade to snow leopard 10.6.8 from 10.5.8

Trying to update to Mountain Lion on a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo (with 5GB of RAM) running on Snow Leopard 10.5.8. Update info on the Mounain Lion states 10.6.8 is needed. Looked for the update wtih software update function but nothing comes up for the OS update... Is the hardware too old for the latest Snow Leopard and Moutain Lion update?

dlee5783 wrote:
Trying to update to Mountain Lion on a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo (with 5GB of RAM) running on Snow Leopard 10.5.8.
You mean "Leopard" which is 10.5, Snow Leopard is 10.6
Update info on the Mountain Lion states 10.6.8 is needed.
Correct
Looked for the update with software update function but nothing comes up for the OS update...
You need the 10.6.3 white retail disk, (you'll have to call Apple, it's not sold online anymore) or use Amazon or a Mac site to buy it.
Then you need to Software update to 10.6.8.
Is the hardware too old for the latest Snow Leopard and Mountain Lion update?
Your 10.5 era issued hardware is too old for 10.7 or 10.8, even if it meets the specifications., it won't run your older software.
Not for 10.6 though, that would be a good update for your machine, it will run your older PPC based software, perhaps with just a update, plus provide a graphics performance boost.
In my opinion it's simply a waste of money to buy all new software for a machine on 10.7 or 10.8 that's at it's end of life stage, only to have it run slow if it does.
Plus a lot of the hardware features like Airdrop and Mirroring are only for Early 2011 machines and later.
See this, all the links and information is there, make a smart decision.
Things to consider before upgrading OS X
If your 10.6 upgrade doesn't go right or you suffer a performance slowdown, you can choose to do a fresh install or a clone/reverse clone method to boost performance.
The fresh install requires a backup and reinstall of programs and files, the clone/reverse clone method doesn't.
How to erase and install Snow Leopard 10.6
How to properly defrag a Mac's hard drive

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