I have an iMac 7.1 which has OSX 10.5.8 installed on it. How do I upgrade to Snow Leopard?

I have an iMac 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (Model ID: 7.1) with Mac OSX 10.5.8, (no new updates available) installed. I also use Time Machine with a La Cie 1TB external disk.
I occasionally have trouble sending mail from Mail (Version 3.6 (936)).
This computer is mainly used by my wife who uses it for email, some light web access, and some Word processingI.e. she is not a power user.
Is there any significant reason why I should upgrade her machine to Snow Leopard (OSX 10.6)?
If so, how do I do it? Do I have to order the DVD from Apple, or can I get it on line, and do I have to buy it?
Thanks

"Is there any significant reason why I should upgrade her machine to Snow Leopard (OSX 10.6)?"
No.
"If so, how do I do it? Do I have to order the DVD from Apple, or can I get it on line, and do I have to buy it?"
Buy the retail Snow Leopard DVD from Apple or Amazon (other places too). About $30 US. Current version is 10.6.3, so you'd need to apply the latest combo update to bring SL up to date.
From your description of the usage though, I frankly wouldn't bother. Leopard is perfectly fine and SL doesn't add anything of significance, other than a lot of grief updating printer drivers and third party software.

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