I have a 2 year old Imac running OS X 10.5.8.

I want to upgrade to Snow Leopard and then Lion. Apple won't help me unless I pay, so hoping someone will help me with this issue. Very afraid of screwing things up.

Does your iMac have 2GBs of memory and an Intel Core 2 Duo processor?

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Salmon81 wrote:
Hi Butch,
Thank you very much for your help. Strong case you put forward!
Just wondering, if your iMac is about the same age, have you noticed any slowing down at all since updating everything? Do you find LR3 with Snow Leopard runs quicker on your iMac than LR1 did with 10.4?
Thanks again.
Best wishes.
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